chine

English

/tʃaɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • The top of a ridge.
  • The spine of an animal.
  • A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  • (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
  • (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
  • The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
  • The back of the blade on a scythe.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English chyne derived from Old French eschine derived from Frankish *skina derived from Proto-Germanic *skinō (plate, rim, piece, shinbone).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skinō

Gloss

plate, rim, piece, shinbone

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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