chine
The top of a ridgeThe top of a ridge.
Meaning
9 sensesThe top of a ridge.
хребе́тxrebét
The spine of an animal.
backbone of an animal
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
Kimm
cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
The back of the blade on a scythe.
(Southern England, Vancouver)A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-GermaFrom Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of shin.
From Middle English chyne, chynne (“crack, fissure, chasm”), from Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō.
From Middle English chyne, alteration of Middle English chyme, chymbe, from Old English *ċimb. More at chimb.
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