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Hogback

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a narrow ridge of hills wordnet
  3. 3
    A hogframe.
  4. 4
    A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

Etymology

From hog + back.

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