saddle-backed

American  

[sad-l-bakt] / ˈsæd lˌbækt /

adjective

1. having the back or upper surface curved like a saddle.

2. having a saddlelike marking on the back, as certain birds.

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saddle-backed British  

adjective

1. having the back curved in shape or concave like a saddle

2. having a saddleback

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Etymology

Origin of saddle-backed

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

In a Dec. 4 , Eric Michael Johnson wrote that saddle-backed tamarins are socially monogamous.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2013

A Clatter is a peculiar Devonshire feature, composed of long loose tumbled granite blocks piled in wild disorder along the narrow summit of a saddle-backed hill.

From Philistia by Allen, Grant

I rode to Burradorgang, a saddle-backed hill bearing 117 degrees from our camp and distant 19 miles.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas

It has been my wont to choose a saddle-backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The old Culdee Church of Markinch has a tower of the same peculiar style, originally with a square, upright, saddle-backed roof, and crow-stepped gables.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.