1. a structure containing a flue for carrying smoke from a fire up through a roof
Usage: dialectal; archaic

Examples

• The old cottage had a crooked chimbley made of fieldstone.
• Smoke curled up from the chimbley on the cold winter morning.
• The mason repaired the crumbling chimbley before the rains came.
• Birds often nested in the unused chimbley during spring.
• The chimbley needed cleaning after years of wood fires.