4 examples of footplate in sentences

I put a soldier with fixed bayonet on the footplate to see that the driver held to his post and did not play tricks with the train, and started on our journey.

" Kent clambered to the footplate of the smart eight-wheeler.

When he slid back to the footplate his legs were wet to the mid shin.

Suddenly he drops to the footplate to grip Callahan's arm.

4 examples of  footplate  in sentences