hog-backed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hog-backed
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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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
The Submarine lay motionless on the surface with the waves breaking over the hog-backed hull.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
In some places the path led along the top of the narrow ridge of a long hog-backed hill; in others, by a series of zigzags, we surmounted or came down the precipitous slopes.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
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 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
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