Unchinked
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lacking any filling or caulking in the cracks and chinks; particularly of log cabins and similar constructions.
"In the untamed Rockies, as she tumbled from rearing horses and shivered in unchinked cabins, wolves howling outside, her complaints miraculously vanished."
Example
More examples"In the untamed Rockies, as she tumbled from rearing horses and shivered in unchinked cabins, wolves howling outside, her complaints miraculously vanished."
Etymology
From un- + chinked.
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