Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimbs
Literary usage of Chimbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick by New Brunswick, William Boyd Kinnear (1854)
"... the casks to be fully bound or closely hooped for nine inches from the chimbs
on the barrels, and in the same proportion on tierces and half barrels, ..."
2. Teacher's Guide: Companion to Bartholomew's Drawing-book by William Nelson Bartholomew (1870)
"Then consider the distance across the chimbs, that is, the distance from A to B
compared ... as shown in the figure, to represent the outline of the chimbs. ..."
3. A Treatise on Practical Gauging by Anthony Nesbit (1822)
"Apply a straight rod, A. B, to the bulge of the cask ; and at right angles to
it, place two others, AD and B (', touching the chimbs at each end, ..."
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