noun
- Plural of chimbley; dialectal or informal variant of chimneys.
Usage: informal; dialectal; chiefly historical or regional
Examples
- The old farmhouse had three tall chimblies rising from its roof.
- Smoke poured from the chimblies on a cold winter morning.
- The chimblies needed cleaning before the heating season began.
- Children used to sweep the chimblies in Victorian times.
- The cottage's chimblies were made of red brick.