chinking

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noun

The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.

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Meanings

nounchinking (countable and uncountable, plural chinkings)

plural chinkings

  1. countableuncountableThe material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
  2. countableuncountableThe sound of something that chinks.

    All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin […]

    1887, May Hodgson, A day of life, page 187
    1 more example

    A dozen soup-plates circulated, and a hymn was sung to the accompaniment of much chinking of coin.

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chink
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APA

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Chicago

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