plating

noun

• 1a thin coating of gold, silver, or other metal: the pendants are enhanced by gold plating [count noun]:a copper core with a plating of silver
• the process of applying plating: [as modifier]:plating technology

• 2an outer covering of flat metal sections:the tractors carried steel plating for protection

• 3the process of knitting two yarns together so that each yarn appears mainly on one side of the finished piece.

• 4the racing of horses in which the prize for the winner is a plate.