Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chimb \Chimb\ (ch[=i]m), n. [AS. cim, in cimst[=a]n base of a
   pillar; akin to D. kim, f. Sw. kim., G. kimme f.]
   The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See {Chine}, n., 3.
   [Written also {hime}.]