nameplate

Definition

A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.

Etymology

From name + plate.

Example Sentences

• "the nameplate on a locomotive"
• "the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door"
• "No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher."