The edge or brim of a barrel or cask, especially the rim where the staves meet.
From Old English and Germanic origins, related to the Old High German 'kimba,' meaning edge or border; it specifically refers to the structural edge of wooden vessels.
Barrel-makers (coopers) had precise technical vocabulary for every part of their craft—the chimb's correct positioning and tightness determined whether a barrel would hold liquids or fall apart, making it a word that mattered for medieval commerce.
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