chinsing vbl n See CHINSE. The process of filling the interstices of a log house with moss.
   [1770] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 20 [The house] might easily be made proof against the weather, by chinsing between the studs with moss, and giving it an additional covering. 1792 ibid Gloss i, x ~ Filling with moss, the vacancies between the studs of houses, to keep out the wind and frost.

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