Meaning of hogback | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,
2. A hogframe.
3. A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

Examples

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

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