noun a thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
2. plating ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of plate.
3. plating ·noun a coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
4. plating ·noun the art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.