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

Chichester stood at the gangway and helped the ladies on to the narrow, hog-backed deck of the Sheila.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

It was hog-backed in shape, and was strewn here and there with great, tumbled masses of dark-coloured rock, among which grew a few straggling bushes.

From Through Veld and Forest An African Story by Webb, Archibald

This is done by putting curvature on the blade or making it what is called "hog-backed."

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

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

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

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