log chip or log·chip WORD ORIGIN noun Nautical. the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of log chip First recorded in 1840–50 Also called log ship, logship. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for log chip log chip noun nautical the chip of a chip log Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012