CHINE, noun 1. The back-bone, or spine of an animal. 2. A piece of the back-bone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. 3. The chime of a cask, or the ridge formed by the ends of the staves. CHINE, verb transitive To cut through the back-bone, or into chine-pieces.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI