chine
/tʃaɪn/
noun
- A cut of meat containing part of the backbone, especially from pork or lamb.
- We served a slow-cooked chine of beef for Christmas dinner.
- The butcher recommended a pork chine for roasting.
- She seasoned the lamb chine with rosemary and garlic.
- A steep-sided narrow valley or ravine, especially in southern England.
- Tourists often visit the famous chines on the Isle of Wight.
- We hiked down the chine to reach the beach.
- The chine was filled with ferns and mossy rocks.