The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whitesmith \White"smith`\, n.
One who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.
A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who forges things out of tin or pewter. A tinsmith. 2 A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.
Usage examples of "whitesmith".
She turned with a start to see Henry Whitesmith rushing toward her holding a full tankard of ale in his hand and wearing the garb of a merchant seaman.
Field blacksmith, had gone into partnership with a Domani cutler and a whitesmith from Almoth Plain, and Master Aydaer had hired three men and two women who knew furniture making and carving, and gilding as well, though there certainly was no gold lying about for that.
She had married a whitesmith and, though comfortable, the family was not in such prosperous circumstances as we believed our own to be.
A few moments behind everyone else the whitesmith and his lad appeared carrying the gold-worker, whose legs were wasted and useless.
She turned with a start to see Henry Whitesmith rushing toward her holding a full tankard of ale in his hand and wearing the garb of a merchant seaman.