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• Plate armour — is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body. History Plate armour protecting the chest and the lower limbs was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans, but it fell into disuse after the collapse… …   Wikipedia

• catch|er — «KACH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that catches something. 2. a baseball player who stands behind the batter to catch balls thrown by the pitcher and not hit by the batter and to tag runners to make a putout at home plate …   Useful english dictionary

• catch — [[t]kæ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ catches, catching, caught 1) VERB If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device. [V n] Police say they are confident of catching the gunman... [V n] Where did you… …   English dictionary

• Plate glass university — The term plate glass university (or plateglass university) has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education. Contrary to popular… …   Wikipedia

• catch·er — /kæʧɚ, ˈkɛʧɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] 1 : someone or something that catches something a dog catcher The cat is a good mouse catcher. 2 baseball : the player who plays behind home plate and catches the pitches thrown by the pitcher …   Useful english dictionary

• Bullet catch — The bullet catch is a conjuring illusion in which a magician appears to catch a bullet fired directly at him ndash; often in his mouth, sometimes in his hand. The bullet catch may also be referred to as the bullet trick, or occasionally the gun… …   Wikipedia

• Automatic number plate recognition — The system must be able to deal with different styles of license plates …   Wikipedia

• The Catch (baseball) — The Catch refers to a memorable defensive baseball play by Willie Mays on September 29, by|1954, during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians at the Polo Grounds in New York. The score was tied 2 2… …   Wikipedia

• The Catch (American football) — The Catch was the winning touchdown reception from Joe Montana to Dwight Clark in the January 10, 1982 NFC Championship American football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. The Catch is widely regarded as one of the most …   Wikipedia

• spin the plate — noun a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit • Syn: ↑spin the platter • Hypernyms: ↑child s game * * * noun… …   Useful english dictionary

• Restrictor plate — A Restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power. This kind of system is occasionally used in road vehicles (e.g., motorcycles) for insurance purposes, but mainly in automobile racing, to… …   Wikipedia