Various types of chain knots made in a line or rope which, in its simplest form, is formed by pulling successive loops of the line through the previous loop. More complex sinnets can be produced using hitches, doubled loops and so on rather than simple loops. Used mainly to shorten the line or rope, or to make for easy storage. Also used for decorative purposes.

plural of chain sinnet

(linguistics, phonology) A phonological modification of a vowel system in which a change in a particular vowel causes other adjacent vowels to also change in order to avoid vowel mergers.

plural of chain shift

plural of chain stay

(cycling) One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.

(computing) A program that compresses a monochrome image

simple past tense and past participle of side chain

present participle of side chain

plural of human chain