Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chimley

/ˈt͡ʃɪmli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chim-ley
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪmli/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of chimney.

British usage

name

Obsolete form of Chulmleigh.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"There was, as I was observing, betewkst 49 or 50 of us in the two rooms, very pleasant and neighbour-like together, taking a tumbler of punch to sarve Nick Moran's new house, I mean the new ould house, bekase he had to buy windy's and to put up a chimley."
""Mr. Gibbs come in just now," said Mrs. Blewett, "and left his ticket over the chimley. There 'tis. I haven't touched it.""
"‘She bloodywell must believe in Santa Claus the way she hangs round that chimley.’"
"CHIDLEY, or Chimley, a market-town of Devonſhire, about eighteen miles north-weſt of Exeter..."

Etymology

By dissimilation of mn to ml.

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

chimleys (plural) chimly (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce chimley?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪmli/.
What does chimley mean?: Alternative form of chimney.
Where does chimley come from?: By dissimilation of mn to ml.

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