hog-backed

American  

[hawg-bakt, hog-] / ˈhɔgˌbækt, ˈhɒg- /

adjective

1. cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of hog-backed

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

It was hog-backed in shape, with a kind of depression in the middle cleared of stones, either by the hand of man or nature, and not unlike a large circus in its general conformation.

From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider

The other island, Mzita, is of greater elevation, of a hog-backed shape, but being more distant, its physical features were not so distinctly visible.

From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning

The Submarine lay motionless on the surface with the waves breaking over the hog-backed hull.

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

It was a fine, short, hog-backed trout, weighing well over three pounds, and in the pink of condition.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John

Westward rose the long, black, hog-backed outline of Bulwana Hill, and while we watched intently the ghost of a flash stabbed its side and a white patch sprang into existence, spread thinner, and vanished away.

From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Churchill, Winston