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

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

From Childhood by Hogarth, C. J.

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

Westward rose the long, black, hog-backed outline of Bulwana Hill, and while we watched intently the ghost of a flash stabbed its side and a white patch sprang into existence, spread thinner, and vanished away.

From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Churchill, Winston

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