tinworks

[ tin-wurks ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

, plural tin·works.

1. an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.

tinworks

/ ˈtɪnˌwɜːks /

noun

1. functioning as singular or plural a place where tin is mined, smelted, or rolled

Word History and Origins

Origin of tinworks¹

1425–75; late Middle English; tin, works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Example Sentences

When draining a piece of land between Penzance and Marazion, the workmen came upon about a thousand Roman coins of that date; indeed, under stones or buried in urns various large hoards of brass, copper, and lead money have been discovered by old tinworks, and every now and then fine gold and silver coins of Trajan, Nero, and the later emperors.

From Project Gutenberg

The tinworks at Lydney are also in the hands of the above-named firm, and comprise three forges, mills, and tin-house, producing 1200 boxes of tin plates a week, with the consumption of from 70 to 80 tons of Cinderford iron. 

From Project Gutenberg