Middle English Dictionary Entry
chīmb n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chīmb n. Also (?error) chine. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE cimbing joining, joint & cimb-stān base (of a pillar), akin to OI kimbull bundle. Cp. MnE chime, chimb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The rim (of a barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves).
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3895 : Almoost al empty is the tonne. The streem of lyf now droppeth on the chymbe [vrr. chyme, chynne].
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)70 : When þow settyst a pipe abroche..iiij fyngur ouer þe nere chyne [?read: chyme] þow may percer or bore..and so shalle ye not cawse þe lies vp to ryse.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 58/29 : Þat is forto seye tubbis made of bere barell..in whiche tubbes..þere [be] made, a litul from þe chyme, an awgere hole.
Note: Need date. New spelling (chime).