[tʃʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat

- a mountain ridge


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French eschine, based on a blend of Latin spina ‘spine’ and a Germanic word meaning ‘narrow piece’, related to shin

[tʃʌɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut (meat) across or along the backbone
(e.g: he learned how to chine a whole sheep)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French eschine, based on a blend of Latin spina ‘spine’ and a Germanic word meaning ‘narrow piece’, related to shin

[tʃʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in the Isle of Wight or Dorset) a deep narrow ravine


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cinu ‘cleft, chink’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch keen, also to chink

[tʃʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the angle where the strakes of the bottom of a boat or ship meet the side


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: variant of chime (the original sense)