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chinking
chinking
English
Noun
chinking (countable and uncountable, plural chinkings)
- The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
- The sound of something that chinks.
- 1887, May Hodgson, A day of life (page 187)
- All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin […]
- 1887, May Hodgson, A day of life (page 187)
Verb
chinking
- present participle of chink