from Middle English chyne ‘fissure cleft chasm’; in Hants the term specifically denotes a ‘deep and narrow ravine cut in soft rock strata by a stream descending steeply to the sea’ (OED). [...]
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What is the origin of the name Chine?
from Middle English chyne ‘fissure cleft chasm’; in Hants the term specifically denotes a ‘deep and narrow ravine cut in soft rock strata by a stream descending steeply to the sea’ (OED). [...]