(architecture) A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.

A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle.

A chain made from interlinked loops of coloured paper, used as a hanging decoration.

(railways) A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body during a slue.

A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.

(organic chemistry) Having carbon atoms arranged in a linear rather than cyclical chain.

(organic chemistry) Having only a single chain of carbon atoms.

A device for tightening or binding chains.

present participle of chain-smoke

(law) In the law of real property, a series of documents recorded in the appropriate government repository which establish the passage of a parcel of property from owner to owner, ideally back to the first owner to reduce the property to private ownership.