chimb Meaning & Definition
What Does Chimb Mean?
Chimb is a noun that means The projecting edge of a cask or barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves. It is also used to mean A plank which connects the sides of a ship to the deck.
Chimb Definition (Noun)
- The projecting edge of a cask or barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves.
- A plank which connects the sides of a ship to the deck.
Noun
- The top of a ridge.
- The spine of an animal.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
Synonyms of Chimb
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Chimb synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
chimb (plural chimbs)
Words That Rhyme With Chimb
Origin of Chimb
From Middle English chymbe, from Old English *ċimb (“a joining, joint”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kimbu (“a pressing together, conjunction”), derived from or related to Proto-West Germanic *kimban (“to press or fit together”), from Proto-Germanic *kimbaną (“to squeeze, compress”), from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grab; hold; press; pack; cram”); whence also Old English ċimban (“to join”). Cognate with West Frisian kym, kime, kjim, kjimme (“edge, rim, chimb”), Dutch kim (“chimb, bilge, horizon”), Low German Kimm (“groove, horizon”), German Kimme (“groove, slit, notch”), Swedish kim, kimbe, kimme (“rod, plank, flat trough made of thin timber”).