chinstrap (chinstrap)

In saddlery, a strap connecting the throat-strap and nose-band of a halter. E. H. Knight. chintt, n. An obsolete form of chintz1. chintz1, chints (chints), n. [Formerly also chint, D. sits, G. zitz, chintz; cf. Hind. chitra, spotted, also chintz, Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifele face. Pope , Moral E ays, i. 248. Chintz braid, a cotton galloon printed with a small pat tern in colors. - Chintz style. Same as madder style (which see, under madder ). chintz2 (chints), n. A corruption of chinch2. chin-whelk, chin-welk (chin'hwelk, -welk), n. Same as sycosis.