tain
[ teyn ]
noun
a thin tin plate.
tin foil for the backs of mirrors.
Origin of tain
11855–60; <French: silvering, foil, aphetic variant of étain tin
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How to use tain in a sentence
There are a few small sheep before we reach Tains; there the'number increases.
British Dictionary definitions for tain
tain
/ (teɪn) /
noun
tinfoil used in backing mirrors
Origin of tain
1from French, from étain tin, from Old French estain, from Latin stagnum alloy of silver and lead; see stannum
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