The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (ch[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking. 2 The sound of something that chinks. vb. (present participle of chink English)
Usage examples of "chinking".
The rain had wetted the clay chinking soft between the logs, and a muddy trickle fell on my fingers.
I yelled at it, and jabbed a finger into wet clay chinking between logs.
Close against a wall, I scooped a lump of clay from the chinking, a wet gob as big as my thumb.
I looked to the houseit was new and wide and solid, with whitewashed clay chinking between the squared logs of it.
I reckoned one main room with clay chinking, with a split-plank door on leather hinges and a window curtained inside with tanned hide.
A mirror was stuck to the wall chinking a woman purely has to have a mirror.
It was the wrong time of the year to worry about cabin chinking, so Longarm didn't comment on cross-ventilation as they rode in.
Make sure you don't pull nothing but grass if you don't want your chinking to fall out.
Roker, looking round with great satisfaction, and gaily chinking the first week's hire in his closed fist.
The small thuds and swiftly damped chinkings were most satisfying sounds.