ppl. a. [f. CLINCH v. + -ED.] Firmly fastened as a nail or bolt; clinker-built. Formerly in other senses of CLENCHED.
a. 1547. Surrey, Æneid, II. 141. Of clinched ribbes of firre This hors was made.
1644. Bulwer, Chirol., 94. Give unto thy friend a clinched Hand.
