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 hog-backed girder is a compromise between the two types, avoiding some difficulties of construction near the ends of the girder.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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

At last, on the summit of a hog-backed, bristling ridge, Gulo stopped and looked back, scowling and peering under his low brows.

From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry

AT the head of the cavalcade rode Turka, on a hog-backed roan.

From Childhood by Hogarth, C. J.

Flat ‘vans’ or hog-backed hills, and broad sweeps of moorland, so common in Scotland, are as rare as are steep walls of cliff, so common in the Alps. 

From At Last by Kingsley, Charles