chinstrap
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A band of colour below a bird's mouth, resembling the chinstrap of a helmet.
Example Sentences
- "A bridle, the chin-strap or chain."
- "Such a deficit was not likely long to escape notice: the regiment was halted in the midst of a manœuvre, and, in the pause that ensued, Nosey demanded, in a grunt of thunder, how, without a chinstrap, I could expect my cap to stick upon my head."
- "I immediately spat my mouthpiece out and unbuckled my chinstrap, yanking my helmet off of my head in a determined flash."
- "A miniature look-alike of the Canada Goose, with a partial white necklace instead of a white chinstrap."
- "The dark slate-grey plumage contrasting strongly with white 'chinstrap' is shared only by Blue Eared-pheasant, but their ranges do not overlap."