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Definition of Hogback

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 Hogback from wikipedia

- Hogback may refer to: Grand Hogback, geological formation in Northwestern Colorado Hogback (sculpture), Anglo-Scandinavian stone tomb markers found in...
- In geology and geomorphology, a hogback or hog's back is a long, narrow ridge or a series of hills with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal...
- Hogbacks are stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian sculptures from 10th- to 12th-century northern England and south-west Scotland. Singular hogbacks were found...
- 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 Murrieta Hogbacks are Miocene basalt capped granitic hogbacks located in northeastern Murrieta on the southern end of the Temescal Mountains of Riverside...
- 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...
- Hogback Mountain may refer to several places: Hogback Mountain (British Columbia), a mountain in the Camelsfoot Range Hogback Mountain (Nunavut) Hogback...
- Hogback Ridge is a 6,135-foot (1,870 m) glaciated mountain ridge located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. This landform is situated...
- Hogback Outlier is an Ancestral Puebloan outlier community located 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. The...
- Hogback Mountain or Hogsback Mountain is a large hill northeast of Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States. Hogback was named because from Klamath Falls,...