Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A gap, rift, or fissure.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo gape; yawn.
Uncertain. Probably from Middle English *chane, *chone, from Old English *ċān (“gap, crack, fissure”), related to Old English ċīnan (“to gape, break into chunks”). More at chine.
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