English Explanatory Dictionary

terneplate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

terneplate terneplates terne-plate

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”).

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