terneplate

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

terne-plate

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.