silver-plate

silver-plate [sil-ver-pleyt] Examples verb (used with object), sil·ver-plat·ed, sil·ver-plat·ing.

1. to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.

silver plate noun

1. silver tableware.
2. a coating of silver, especially one electroplated on base metal.

Origin of silver plate First recorded in 1520–30 Examples from the Web for silver-plate Historical Examples of silver-plate

And how came it that all this silver-plate had found its way into my pockets?

Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

Various

From sedan chairs to silver-plate their style was the vogue.

Chats on Old Earthenware

Arthur Hayden

His desires, however, were not limited to silver-plate engraving.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5

Various

We forge the nickel for the pivot and capstan, and we silver-plate it ourselves.

Chance in Chains

Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

The three thousand francs were gone, with the silver-plate and the trinkets.

Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for silver-plate silver plate noun

1. a thin layer of silver deposited on a base metal
2. articles, esp tableware, made of silver plate

verb silver-plate

3. (tr) to coat (a metal, object, etc) with silver, as by electroplating