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chinked, past participle; chinking, present participle; chinked, past tense; chinks, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Make or cause to make a light and high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together
    • - the chain joining the handcuffs chinked
    • - they chinked glasses and kissed
  1. (chinked) having narrow opening filled
  2. A log cabin is a small house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house. ...
  3. The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking
  4. The filling used between rows of stacked logs. Most often used in log systems where rows of logs do not bear directly on the row below, but are separated by a space. Traditional chinking is mortar-based. ...
  5. refers to the mortar/infill material between the logs in the construction of log cabins and other log-walled structures. Traditionally, dried Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens were used in the Nordic countries as an insulator between logs.
  6. a mortar, usually composed chiefly of clay, used to plaster over gaps in walls or to bind bricks or stones.
  7. A filling, similar to caulk, that is used between rows of logs.
  8. using mud, lime plaster, or wooden planks to fill in gaps between logs