escutcheon: (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
plate: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
coriolis effect: (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere