/fer"euh tuyp'/ , v. , ferrotyped, ferrotyping , n. Photog.
v.t.
1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin) .
n.
2. Also called tintype . a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.
3. the process of making such photographs.
[ 1835-45; FERRO- + -TYPE ]