Chine /(?)/

1. 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. [Prov. Eng.]

1. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

imp. & p. p. Chined

1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..