unchinked

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ chinked

Adjective[edit]

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.
    • 2009 July 26, Liesl Schillinger, “River Run”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      In the untamed Rockies, as she tumbled from rearing horses and shivered in unchinked cabins, wolves howling outside, her complaints miraculously vanished.
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