interchain

From inter- +‎ chain.

interchain (comparative more interchain, superlative most interchain)

1. (chemistry) Between chains (of a polymer etc)

interchain (third-person singular simple present interchains, present participle interchaining, simple past and past participle interchained)

1. To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as if by a chain.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Two bosoms interchained with an oath.

• Cerinthian