The spine of an animal.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
The top of a ridge.
A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
The back of the blade on a scythe.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.
The enclosed area created by and within the ribs.