chinking

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

Noun

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

Forms

chinkings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of chink