Unchinked

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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