chink
/t͡ʃɪŋk/ noun C2- A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening. · I noticed a chink of light under the door.
- A chip or dent in something metallic. · The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
- A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. · The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
Plural chinks
From the library
Yet he will find a chink or two
Then it was withdrawn as suddenly as it appeared, and all was dark again save the single lurid spark which marked a chink between the stones.
Evidently, as they had dragged the stone up they had thrust the chunks of wood into the chink, until at last, when the opening was large enough to crawl through, they would hold it open by a billet placed lengthwise, which might very well become indented at the lower end, since the whole weight of the stone would press it down on to the edge of this other slab.
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