To coat with metal.
A flat, broad, thin body, as of metal; a dish; metallic surface bearing printed matter or the lines of an engraving.
" The butter is very round, and I had it on a plate. – Furze the Cruel by John Trevena
The money on a plate. – Note-Book of Anton Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Hilda's attention was taken up by her plate, upon which, however, there was nothing. – The Slave Of The Lamp by Henry Seton Merriman