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Meaning of skewback | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.

Examples

“The avalanche shelter ⟳ itself consists of a series of heavily reinforced arches, supported by substantial piers on the cliff-side, and on skewbacks cut ⟳ deep into the rock on the other.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

skewbald Skewed skewedness Skewen Skewer Skewered

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