tinplate en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English tin Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate English tinplate From tin + plate.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of tin plate.
alt of tin plate
[...] 4,000 tons of slabs will be sent to the R.T.B. works at Ebbw Vale and a further 8,000 a week will be rolled at the new R.T.B. Newport Works and returned to the Steel Co. of Wales at Trostre and Llangyfelach in coil form for processing into tinplate.
1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 493:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinplates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |