chine

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
  2. noun backbone of an animal
  3. verb cut through the backbone of an animal

Etymology

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

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