finger plate

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Noun1.finger plate - a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
escutcheon, scutcheon
protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
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Oaktree House at 115, Lordswood Road, Harborne in Birmingham, a five bedroom house dating from 1910 when it was a show house for a respected local building firm' Original door detail includes this beaten copper finger plate in Arts & Crafts style' A 25ft run of kitchen and breakfast room space has been created to one side of the house
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