Filled or sealed with chinks (small cracks or openings), especially referring to the spaces between logs in a log cabin that have been filled with clay, moss, or other material.
Past tense and past participle of 'chink' (to fill cracks), from Middle English 'chinken,' possibly from Old English or imitative origins related to the sound of cracks opening or closing.
'Chinked and chinking' are essential terms in frontier history—pioneers spent enormous time sealing log cabins to survive winters, and this vocabulary reflects the practical challenges of 17th-19th century American settlement.
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