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What (who) is chine - definition
STEEP-SIDED RIVER VALLEY
Chines
![Christchurch]] and [[Poole]] (including Bourne Chine, the future location of [[Bournemouth]] town centre).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bournemouth area 1759 map.jpg?width=200 "Christchurch]] and [[Poole]] (including Bourne Chine, the future location of [[Bournemouth]] town centre).")
chine
n.
Backbone, spine.
Chine
·noun The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
II. Chine ·vt Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
III. Chine ·vt To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
IV. Chine ·noun The edge or rim of a cask, ·etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
V. Chine ·noun A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See ·Illust. of Beef.].
VI. Chine ·noun 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.
chine
chine1 [t???n]
¦ noun
1. the backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat.
a joint of meat containing all or part of the backbone.
2. a mountain ridge.
¦ verb cut (meat) across or along the backbone.
Origin
ME: from OFr. eschine, based on a blend of L. spina 'spine' and a Gmc word meaning 'narrow piece'; related to shin.
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chine2 [t???n]
¦ noun (in the Isle of Wight or Dorset) a deep narrow ravine.
Origin
OE cinu 'cleft, chink', of Gmc origin; related to chink1.
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chine3 [t???n]
¦ noun the angle where the strakes of the bottom of a boat or ship meet the side.
Origin
ME: var. of chime2.
Wikipedia
Chine
A chine ( ) is a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word is still in use in central Southern England—notably in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—to describe such topographical features. The term 'bunny' is sometimes used to describe a chine in Hampshire. The term chine is also used in some Vancouver suburbs in Canada to describe similar features.
Examples of use of chine
1. He was speaking at an inquest into an unidentified, dismembered corpse discovered at Grange Chine at Brighstone on the island.
2. What he doesn‘t fully comprehend is that the techniques of political discourse are now virtually indistinguishable from the way that the Hollywood public–relations ma–chine works.
3. In neighboring Uruzgan, coalition troops pursued militants seeking cover Tuesday in the Char Chine Valley of Shahidi Hassas district, killing 10, the coalition said in a statement.
4. Fine fabrics like silk, gazar and crepe de Chine crept into the male wardrobe for spring–summer 200' as Paris designers increasingly blurred gender boundaries.
5. It also covers the provision of medical consultancy for and the monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients and their access to pharmaceuticals, Chine said.