plating

The great iron plating which supported the machinery had kept it together, and in one piece.

The heavy ship's plating was carried right up to the boat deck, and between the C and B decks was doubled.

The following methods of plating iron with nickel and silver appeared in a recent issue of a German paper.

They were struck repeatedly, but the balls fell harmlessly against the iron plating.

Her plating was but pine wood to the steel projectiles, flying with almost the swiftness of a minnie bullet.