A term applied to a strip of plate serving as a connecting strap between the butted ends of the plating. The strap connections at the edges are called seam straps.
Umcu wepleyiti osebenza njengebhanti elisisidibanisi phakathi kweziphelo ze'butt' yepleyitingi. Izidibanisi zebhanti emiqukumbelweni kuthiwa (zii-'seam straps') sisinxibelelo samabhanti.