tinning
- n the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them
careful tinning of the ends of wires results in a better joint when you solder them - n the application of a protective layer of tin
- v plate with tin
- v preserve in a can or tin
- v prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface
- Some single tinning lines turn out a continuous sheet three-feet wide, passed through a furnace at 1,300 feet per minuteenough to cover an entire football field every 18 .
- First will come hot and cold rolling mills and a tinning operation, which will cost a total of $89.
- All during summer and autumn Drought dropped into the can-makers' laps orders for hundreds of millions of cans for the meat which the Government was tinning for the unemployed.