stannary

Relating to tin, tin-mines, or the working of tin: as, “stannary courts,”

noun

A region or district in which tin is mined: the English form of the Latin stannaria (or stammaria, as written in a charter of the third year of King John, 1201). The miners themselves were called stannatores or (rarely) stammatores.

adjective

Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.

noun

A tin mine; tin works.

adjective

Of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall.

noun

A tin mine or tin works.