hog-backed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hog-backed
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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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
Behind her, green pines, two babies, and a hog-backed bridge spanning a bottle-green river running over blue boulders.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
From Observatory Hill in Darjeeling one looks over the bleak hog-backed ranges of Sikkim to the snows.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
The Submarine lay motionless on the surface with the waves breaking over the hog-backed hull.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
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
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