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

His eye lighted upon a couch, lozenge-shaped, hog-backed, featuring the Greek-Key pattern in brown upon a brick-red ground and surrounded on three sides by a white balustrade some three inches high.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

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

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

It was a fine, short, hog-backed trout, weighing well over three pounds, and in the pink of condition.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John

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