zinc-coatedhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zinc-coated_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezinc-coated, adj.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zinc-coatedadjective

  1. 1930–
    1. 1930
      An investigation of the corrosion fatigue of zinc-coated steel specimens.
      Journal of Iron & Steel Institute vol. 121 749
    2. 1981
      The sables..climbed zinc-coated mesh walls.
      M. C. Smith, Gorky Park iii. iv. 361

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, n.

zinc, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.