Found 2 items, similar to squinch.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: squinch squinch n : a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) v 1: crouch down 2: draw back, as with fear or pain; “she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf” [syn: flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail] 3: partly close one's eyes; “The children squinted to frighten each other” [syn: squint, cross one's eyes]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Squinch Squinch \Squinch\ (skw[i^]nch), n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]