Word Meaning

chine definition and meaning

n. A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.
n. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
n. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
n. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
v. t. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
v. t. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

Crossword clues for chine

- The backbone