1. footplate - Noun
2. footplate - Verb
See Footboard (a).
Source: Webster's dictionaryA bass drum pedal operates much the same as the hi-hat control; a footplate is pressed to pull a chain, belt, or metal drive mechanism downward, bringing a beater or mallet forward into the drumhead. Source: Internet
Tommy Aldridge pioneered the use of double bass drums in hard rock and heavy metal music A double bass drum pedal operates much the same way only with a second footplate controlling a second beater on the same drum. Source: Internet
This is connected indirectly with the eardrum via a mostly cartilaginous extracolumella and medially to the inner-ear spaces via a widened footplate in the fenestra ovalis. Source: Internet
The footplate of the stapes connects to the oval window, the beginning of the inner ear. Source: Internet