CHINE
Chine
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 construction is a method of building hard chine boat hulls. Hard chines are common in plywood hulls, while soft chines are often found on fiberglass hulls.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Chine (boating)
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chine
Noun
- 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.
- a sharp angle in the cross section of a hull
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
Noun (etymology 2)
- a steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea
Verb
- To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
- To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
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