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Definition of Hogbacks

Hogback
Hogback Hog"back`, n. 1. (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. 2. (Naut.) See Hogframe. 3. (Geol.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
hogback
Hogframe Hog"frame`, n. (Steam Vessels) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

Meaning of Hogbacks from wikipedia

- Hogbacks are stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian style sculptures from 10th- to 12th-century northern England and south-west Scotland. Singular hogbacks were...
- Hogback may refer to: Grand Hogback, geological formation in Northwestern Colorado Hogback (sculpture), Anglo-Scandinavian stone tomb markers found in...
- the best example of its kind in the country". The Heysham hogback is, like other hogbacks, a grave-marker, monument or perhaps cenotaph, dating from...
- The Murrieta Hogbacks are Miocene basalt capped granitic hogbacks located in northeastern Murrieta on the southern end of the Temescal Mountains of Riverside...
- of hogbacks. The Kissing Camels formation is atop the nearest hogback on the right. A view of Cathedral Valley showing some of its unusual hogback formations...
- erosion. Dip slopes form the backslopes of cuestas, homoclinal ridges, hogbacks, and flatirons. The frontslopes of such ridges consist of either an escarpment...
- hogbacks snake along a surface in a relatively sinuous line, a few, such as those in Sundance, Wyoming, encircle a dome. The Dakota Sandstone Hogback...
- The Dakota Hogback is a long hogback ridge at the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains that extends north-south from southern Wyoming through Colorado...
- The Grand Hogback is a 70-mile long, curving, spine-like ridge in Western Colorado that extends from near McClure P**** in Pitkin County through Garfield...
- to the early 10th century, the later four hogbacks are thought to date to later in the 10th. The five hogbacks in Govan Old are generally known as Govan...