sheet metal

metal in sheets or thin plates.

Origin of sheet metal

First recorded in 1905–10

sheet-metal, adjective

In the absence of a waste nut, an iron pipe can be easily fastened to sheet-metal work as shown in the sketch.

The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |Various
Sheet-metal joints must be double-seamed or riveted and thoroughly sweated with solder.

Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use |F. H. Leeds
He left the forge-room and walked cautiously toward the sheet-metal press.

White Fire |Roy J. Snell
He told me that he was employed in a factory in Minsk as a sheet-metal worker.

Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

When sheet-metal is punched by the methods usually employed by boys, a bulge or bur is made on the underside around the hole.

How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus |Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

sheet metal

metal in the form of a sheet, the thickness being intermediate between that of plate and that of foil