cheyne

cheyne (plural cheynes)

1. Obsolete form of chain.

• Cheney

Borrowed from Old French chaiene, from Latin catēna.

• chaine, chayne, cheigne, cheingne, cheyn, chyne

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæi̯n(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːn/, /ˈt͡ʃæi̯ɳə/

cheyne (plural cheynes)

1. A chain; a set of metal links (especially to fetter or bind).
2. A chain used for jewelry or decoration.
3. (figurative) Something which compels, controls, or obligates.
4. (figurative) A marital or romantic union; something that links two together.

• cheynen

• English: chain
• Scots: cheen, chyne (obsolete chainzie)

• “chaine, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 November 2018.

cheyne

1. alternative form of chyne (“crack”)

cheyne

1. alternative form of cheynen