The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chined
Chined \Chined\, a.
Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition.
--Beau. & Fl.-
Broken in the back. [Obs.]
He's chined, goodman.
--Beau. & Fl.
Chined
Chine \Chine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chined.]
To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
Wiktionary
chined
a. 1 Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; used in composition. 2 (context obsolete English) Broken in the back.
Usage examples of "chined".
Halved, stripped, gutted and chined, like a pig, but still certainly a man.