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noun

chine

CHYNE/tʃaɪn/

An animal's backbone and the meat surrounding it.

The chine includes a connected section of backbone surrounded by meat.

A butcher's cut of meat containing a clearly exposed, connected section of backbone, with the vertebrae remaining embedded along the cut.
Etymology
chineOld Frenchbackbone

Old French eschine meant ‘backbone’; the meat sense names a cut by the backbone it contains. The French word’s deeper origin is uncertain.

In context

Grande Cuisine Academy2:38
break the joint and cut the best end like so off of the chine
Breaking Down The Middle Of The Lamb Or "Chine And End" | Grande Cuisine Academy

More examples

  • The anatomy drawing marks the chine down the animal's back.
  • A roast chine of pork filled the platter.
  • He runs a hand along the horse's chine.

Forms

chine · chines

Similar words

spine
Spine is the general anatomical term; chine also names meat surrounding the backbone.