[f. TINNER + -Y, or f. TIN + -ERY.] Tin-mining; pl. tin-mines or tin-works.
1769. De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit., I. 409. There is still a great Resemblance between the Scilly Islands and Cornwall, in their Culture, Plants, and other Produce, their Tinnery, Fishery, &c.
a. 1787. S. Jenyns, Wks. (1790), II. 238. Miners from tinneries, and coal-pits.
