ferrotype

[ fer-uh-tahyp ]

verb (used with object),fer·ro·typed, fer·ro·typ·ing.
  1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin ).

noun
  1. Also called tintype. a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.

  2. the process of making such photographs.

Origin of ferrotype

1
First recorded in 1835–45; ferro- + -type

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ferrotype

/ (ˈfɛrəʊˌtaɪp) /


noun
  1. a photographic print produced directly in a camera by exposing a sheet of iron or tin coated with a sensitized enamel

  2. the process by which such a print is produced

  • Systematic name: tintype

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