chine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The top of a ridge.
2. 2
   noun The spine of an animal.
3. 3
   noun A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
4. 4
   noun A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
5. 5
   noun A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
6. 6
   noun The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
7. 7
   noun The back of the blade on a scythe.
8. 8
   verb To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
9. 9
   verb To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.