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Definition of "chilblained" []

  • Afflicted with a chilblain. (adjective)

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Use "chilblained" in a sentence
  • "Standing, barefooted in the dew-lush grass of spring on the Minnesota farm, chilblained when of frosty mornings I fed the cattle in their breath-steaming stalls, sobered to fear and awe of the splendor and terror of God when I sat of Sundays under the rant and preachment of the New Jerusalem and the agonies of hell-fire."
  • "His hands turned red and chilblained from the water into which the potatoes dropped."
  • "Today he could not imagine such heat; he knew by the time they reached Branton, his fingers and toes would be chilblained."
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