chine /ˈʧaɪn/
脊骨,脊椎,山脊(vt.)沿…脊骨切開
Chine 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. [Prov. Eng.] “The cottage in a chine.”
Chine n.
1. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. “And chine with rising bristles roughly spread.”
2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
Note: [See Illust. of Beef.]
3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
Chine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chined ]
1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
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chine
n 1: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
2: backbone of an animal
v : cut through the backbone of an animal