terneplate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
terneplate (countable and uncountable, plural terneplates)
- (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[edit]
Translations[edit]
thin iron sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin
References[edit]
- ^ “terne-plate, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020.
