v. Simple past tense and past participle of plate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Strengthened with plates of metal and defensive armor.
Covered or overlaid with a different and especially a richer material: as,plated silk hose; plated forks and spoons.
In zoology, covered or protected with hard dermal plates or scutes; scutate or loricate; shielded
Word Usage
"All joking aside, the problem of what to do with one's $#%& car, other than wait ten years and hope that it will be one of the cars that can be nationalized and legalized and plated, is one which comes up again and again."