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The definition of chine is a backbone, spine or ridge.

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An example of chine is a piece of chicken that contains the backbone.

See chine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the backbone; spine
a cut of meat containing part of the backbone
a ridge of rock
the juncture of the bottom and either of the sides of a boat

Origin: ME < OFr eschine < Frank *skina, small bone, shinbone: see shin

transitive verb chined, chining

to cut along or across the backbone of (a carcass of meat)

noun

Brit., Dialectal a rocky ravine or deep fissure in a cliff

Origin: ME < OE cine, fissure; akin to cinan, to burst open < IE base *ĝei, *ĝi-, to germinate, bloom > Ger keim, germ, bad

noun

chime

See chine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
b. A cut of meat containing part of the backbone.
A ridge or crest.
Nautical The line of intersection between the side and bottom of a flatbottom or V-bottom boat.

transitive verb chined chined, chin·ing, chines

To cut (a carcass, for example) through the spine, as when butchering.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French eschine

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see skei- in Indo-European roots

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