chine

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The top of a ridge.
2. The spine of an animal.
3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
4. A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
5. A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
6. A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
7. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
8. The back of the blade on a scythe.

Verb

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

Verb

To crack, split, fissure, break.

Concepten

ruggegraat

ravijn

ruggengraat

runderhaas

Synoniemen

backbone

spine

fillet

spinal column

vertebral column

back

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chimb

chime

gorge

mainstay

ravine

sirloin

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃaɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

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From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of shin.