(dated, offensive, Chinese Pidgin English) A person from China.

plural of Chinee

plural of chine

(Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.

(obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break.

The top of a ridge. / The spine of an animal. / A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. / (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.

(transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. / To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.

Pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone. / (obsolete) Broken in the back.

present participle of chine

Alternative form of crêpe de Chine