chawnとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Uncertain. Probably from 中期英語 *chane, *chone, from 古期英語 *ċān (“gap, crack, fissure”), related to 古期英語 ċīnan (“to gape, break into chunks”). More at chine.

名詞

chawn (plural chawns)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A gap, rift, or fissure.

   Synonym: chine

動詞

chawn (third-person singular simple present chawns, present participle chawning, simple past and past participle chawned)

1. (intransitive) To gape; yawn.

関連する語

• chine
• chink