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Re: English to American

To: kwaringa@dynsys.com
Subject: Re: English to American
From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:21:10 -0500
   Plinth is something that Americans usually call a bezel.  It's the
(usually) chromed piece onto which the glass of a lamp would be mounted,
as in the front parking/turn signal lamps on an MGB, or the tail lamp
assembly on a T-series car.
Bob


On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:27:13 -0600 "Ken Waringa" <kwaringa@dynsys.com>
writes:
> I'm looking at some parts from England, and I don't know what a 
> "Plinth" is.
> Can anyone enlighten me?  I lived in Scotland for almost 10 years 
> during my
> Navy career, and I asked an English friend, but he didn't know 
> either.  I've
> looked at some of the English to American dictionaries on the net, 
> but no
> luck.
> 
> The parts are: Front Wing Plinth and Rear Wing Lamp Lower Plinths.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ken Waringa
> 

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