1. squinch - Noun
2. squinch - Verb
A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryshe flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf Source: Internet
The children squinted so as to scare each other Source: Internet