shinbin

English

Alternative forms

• shinbeam, shinbeen

Etymology

Burmese [Term?]

Noun

shinbin (plural shinbins)

1. (India, obsolete) An irregular portion of a log split lengthwise, used in constructing the side of a ship.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “shinbin”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].