Terneplate

noun

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

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terne

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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