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chine

1. the backbone

2. a ridge or crest of land

3. (in some boats) a corner-like intersection where the bottom meets the side

chine [chīn]

(food engineering)

A part of an animal carcass backbone, with parts adjoining it, cut for cooking.

(naval architecture)

A part of a ship's waterway rising above the deck and hollowed out on the inboard edge to make a path for water.

That point where the sides and bottom meet on a flat- or V-bottomed boat.

A longitudinal member that lies along the bilge where the sides and bottom of the boat meet.

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