Plating

n.	1.	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.
	2.	A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
	3.	A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.

Noun	1.	plating - a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface Synonyms: metal plating
	2.	plating - the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)

anodized aluminum, chromium plate, coat, coating, collop, copperplate, covering, cut, deal, disk, electrocoating, electroplating, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, gold plate, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, membrane, nickel plate, pane, panel, patina, peel, pellicle, plait, plank, plate, ply, plywood, rasher, safety glass, scum, sheet, silver plate, skin, slab, slat, slice, table, tablet, veneer, wafer