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

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hog-backed

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

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

Before us was a plain upon which was growing a tall, reed-like grass; and in the centre of this plain was a long, hog-backed hillock, bare of trees.

From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Gilson, Charles

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

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

The church has been altered in modern times; there are good specimens in the churchyard of hog-backed tombstones, with figures of fish scale pattern arranged in rows, and scales of a squarer shape.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald