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hogback

noun

Etymology

From hog + back.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as hogback — “hog + back”

Definitions

  1. A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,

    • Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it …

  2. A hogframe.

  3. A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved…

    A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

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Derived

hogbacked

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA