tin-plate

[ tin-pleyt ]

/ ˈtɪnˌpleɪt /

to coat (iron or steel sheet) with tin.

Origin of tin-plate

First recorded in 1885–90

tin-plat·er, noun

tin plate

thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.

Also called tin.

First recorded in 1670–80

The only alloy of iron interesting to the arts, is that with tin, in the formation of tin-plate, or white-iron.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
It has a school of lace-making, foundries, and manufactures of machinery, tin-plate and cotton goods.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 |Various
The addition of a little iron, in the form of tin-plate, to bronze, is reckoned to be advantageous.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
A tin-plate cover which fits easily over the whole lamp serves as an extinguisher.

A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing |Bernard D. Bolas

Colour printing for tin-plate decoration will be fully discussed in a subsequent chapter.

Practical Lithography |Alfred Seymour

tin plate

thin steel sheet coated with a layer of tin that protects the steel from corrosion

(tr) to coat (a metal or object) with a layer of tin, usually either by electroplating or by dipping in a bath of molten tin

tin-plater, noun