chines

noun

  1. 1

    The top of a ridge.

  2. 2

    The spine of an animal.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.

  5. 5

    A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.

  6. 6

    The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

  7. 7

    The back of the blade on a scythe.

noun

  1. 1

    (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.

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