camelback

American  

[kam-uhl-bak] / ˈkæm əlˌbæk /

noun

1. the back of a camel.

   They traveled through the desert on camelback.

2. a curved back of a sofa or chair, having a central rising section between two lower sections.

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adjective

1. having a shape resembling the humped back of a camel.

adverb

1. on camelback.

   to ride camelback.

Etymology

Origin of camelback

camel + back ¹

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Example Sentences

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camelback

As a youngish man in the late 1990s Mr. Marozzi crossed the north African desert on camelback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

They twirled model Lee-Enfield rifles alongside troops on camelback and horseback.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

Esponda pointed to his couch, a sagging green camelback.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

By rail or by sea, stagecoach or even camelback, multiple means of transportation are utilized to speed this tale along, even as other challenges beset its compelling travelers.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022

Those who can afford the luxury drink sweet rain-water, collected amongst the hills in tanks and cisterns, and brought on camelback to the town.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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