tinning

American  

[tin-ing] / ˈtɪn ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or technique of coating with tin.

2. the act or technique of coating with soft solder.

3. Chiefly British. the process, technique, or business of preserving or packing foodstuffs in tins; canning.

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Etymology

Origin of tinning

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; tin, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

After the war in 1922, he bought the business of J. Lesher & Son and dealt in plumbing, heating, roof tinning, spouting and stoves.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

Through its encouragement of the tinning industry, it helped make tinned meat a part of the British diet; through its public lectures, it introduced the nation to such modern wonders as the Edison phonograph.

From Time Magazine Archive

First will come hot and cold rolling mills and a tinning operation, which will cost a total of $89.8 million and have an annual capacity of 555,000 tons.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shay put her hands in her pockets and spread her arms, tinning her dorm’s team jacket into a sail.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld