sheffield plate

sheffield plate
noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
: a clad plate made by rolling and fusing a thin covering of silver on either side of a copper sheet

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Sheffield plate [Sheffield plate] noun [U]
a type of metal consisting of ↑copper covered with a thin layer of silver. The method of covering ↑copper objects with silver and then heating them to keep it in place was invented by Thomas Boulsover in ↑Sheffield in the 1740s. It became an important industry because objects could be made of Sheffield plate much more cheaply than if they were made of silver.

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