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noun

Hogback n.

(Arch.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; the opposite of camber.

(Naut.) See Hogframe.

(Geol.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.

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Etymology of 'Hogback'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hogback" Quotes from Famous Books

... Blount had the solitudes and vastnesses to himself, and it was not until after the mesa-land had been crossed without a sign of a water-leading gulch to guide him to the Pigskin, and the bronco was patiently picking its way through the hogback of the western range, that the boyish thing he had been led to do took shape as an adventure which might have ...

— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde

... is high above timber-line and the trail pursues a hogback ridge for a mile and a half at ...

— Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled - A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska • Hudson Stuck

Words linked to "Hogback" : ridgeline, horseback