shinbin
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Burmese [Term?]
Noun
[edit]shinbin (plural shinbins)
- (India, obsolete) An irregular portion of a log split lengthwise, used in constructing the side of a ship.
References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “shinbin”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].