Chine

/tʃaɪn/

noun

  1. The top of a ridge.

  2. The spine of an animal.

  3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

verb

  1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

  2. To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.

Chine

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