terneplate

English

Etymology

Probably from terne (“colourless, drab, dull”) (as contrasted with the shiny appearance of tinplate) + plate (“layer of a material on the surface of something, plating”).[1]

Noun

terneplate (countable and uncountable, plural terneplates)

  1. (also attributively) Thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony.

Alternative forms

  • terne-plate

Translations

References

  1. ^ “terne-plate, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020.

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