Chine (disambiguation)
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A chine
is a steep-sided river valley where a river flows through coastal cliffs to a sea.
Chine or chines may also refer to:
Chine
A chine is a steep-sided river valley where the river flows through coastal cliffs to the sea. Typically these are soft eroding cliffs such as sandstone or clays. The word chine originates from the Saxon "Cinan" meaning a gap or yawn....
is a steep-sided river valley where a river flows through coastal cliffs to a sea.
Chine or chines may also refer to:
- Chine (boating)Chine (boating)A chine in boating refers to a sharp angle in the hull, as compared to the rounded bottoms of most traditional boat hulls. The term hard chine indicates an angle with little rounding, where a soft chine would be more rounded, but still involve the meeting of distinct planes. Chine log...
, a relatively sharp angle in a boat's hull - Chines, a long leading edge extension of an aircraft's wing root along the forward fuselage
- Chine, the bony part of a meat chopMeat chopA meat chop is a cut of meat cut perpendicularly to the spine, and usually containing a rib or riblet part of a vertebra and served as an individual portion. The most common kinds of meat chops are pork and lamb. A thin boneless chop, or one with only the rib bone, may be called a cutlet, though...
- Stuffed chineStuffed chineStuffed chine is a traditional dish of salt pork filled with herbs, typically parsley, associated with the English county of Lincolnshire..The neck chine, a cut of a pig taken from between the shoulder blades, is preserved in brine...
is a traditional dish of Lincolnshire.. - Chine, the french name for ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...