terne (English, noun)
expansion: terne (countable and uncountable, plural ternes)
Senses:
glosses: An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.
tags: also
attributive
countable
uncountable
glosses: Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”).
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: ternes
tags: plural