Someone who has been forced to work in a chain gang, usually a convict.

(Canada, US) snow chain.

(nautical) A space in the forward part of the ship, typically beneath the bow in front of the foremost collision bulkhead, that contains the anchor chain when the anchor is secured for sea.

A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.

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.

(algebraic topology) A sequence of Abelian groups, together with a sequence of boundary homomorphisms.

plural of chain locker

A device that allows a door to be partially opened from the inside, whilst preventing it from being fully opened from the outside

plural of chain store