Meanings
adjectivewhitemetalled (not comparable)
- UKnot comparableCoated with white metal.
The pony truck axle boxes are bronze castings, whitemetalled and not mechanically fed [with lubricating oil].
1954 March, “New Class "9" 2-10-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 166
Origin
From white metal + -ed; see also metalled
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