unchinked

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adjective

Lacking any filling or caulking in the cracks and chinks; particularly of log cabins and similar constructions.

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Meanings

adjectiveunchinked (comparative more unchinked, superlative most unchinked)

comparative more unchinked · superlative most unchinked

  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.

    2009 July 26, Liesl Schillinger, “River Run”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + chinked.

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APA

unchinked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchinked

MLA

“unchinked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchinked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchinked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchinked.

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