vocab

good morning all;

the word is "saillante";

larousse says it is the angle at which mountain goats (e.g.) stand in relation to the ground which is rising sharply;

in the book it's part of a description of the inmates of the camp during ww2, it's spring finally and they're outside taking in the sun, and their bodies are showing, so their spine is aigue --sharply showing i translate this---is it all right?

then their "cotes" are "saillantes"

and i can see that this has to do with their ribs, but how to put it in english?

tia

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