1. chiv - Noun
2. chiv - Verb
Alternative form of shiv
The scooped out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
A cooper's tool used to make that section.
chiv (third-person singular simple present chivs, present participle chivving, simple past and past participle chivved)
Alternative form of shiv