Chine (disambiguation)

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Chine may refer to:

• Chine, the word given for steep-sided river valley where the river flows through coastal cliffs to the sea. The word is in use in central southern England.

• Chine is also a term in boat building, referring to the angle where the bottom of a flat-bottomed boat's hull joins the sides, or where the sides of the hull meet the deck.

• Chine is also an aerodynamic term referring to the intersection of the upper and lower fuselage surfaces of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird which form a 'lip' around the forward fuselage of the aircraft. These chines generate lift-bearing vortices at high angles of attack and reduce the aircraft's lateral radar signature.

• Chine also has several meanings in cookery, where it can mean:
  • A traditional Lincolnshire foodstuff, made of pork with a herb stuffing.
  • In butchery, the spinal column of an animal.
  • Any cut of meat that includes part of the spine.
  • The process of separating or loosening the ribs from the spine when preparing a joint of meat.

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• La Chine is the French word for China and is unrelated to the English usage.