'Chinsing' definitions:
Definition of 'Chinsing'
From: GCIDE
- Chinse \Chinse\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chinsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinsing.] (Naut.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly. [1913 Webster]
- Chinsing iron, a light calking iron. [1913 Webster]