Variant spelling of chimb; the rim or edge of a barrel or wooden vessel.
An alternative spelling of 'chimb' from Middle English, reflecting regional and period variations in how this cooper's term was written before standardization.
Medieval English spelling was wonderfully flexible—the same wooden barrel part could be 'chimb,' 'chimbe,' or 'chime' depending on who was writing and where, which is why old records can be so tricky to read.
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