noun
- a dialectal or nonstandard variant of chimney
Usage: dialectal; nonstandard
Examples
- The old farmer pointed to the smoke coming from the chimley.
- She heard Santa coming down the chimley on Christmas Eve.
- The chimley sweep cleaned all the soot from the flue.
- Grandpa always called it a chimley instead of a chimney.
- The brick chimley needed repair after the storm.