Plural of chinle, though 'chinle' itself is rare or dialectal; possibly referring to chine-related cuts of meat or a variant/misspelling.
Etymology uncertain; possibly a variant of 'chine' (backbone) or 'chinle' as a dialectal form, though 'chinles' appears rarely in historical texts.
This might be a ghost word—a term that exists only in old dictionaries due to typographical errors or misreadings passed from one source to another, making it a lexicographical phantom.
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