What is the meaning of squinched?

verb

• Crouch down.
  • synonyms: squinch
• Draw back, as with fear or pain.
  • usage: "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
  • synonyms: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
• Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus.
  • usage: "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
  • synonyms: squint, squinch

adjective

• Having eyes half closed in order to see better.
  • usage: "squinched eyes"
  • synonyms: squinting