Skewback
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Skewback is a noun meaning (architecture) 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.
Meaning
(architecture) 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- skewbacks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include skew, skewer, skewering, scarcement, skeeling, skeg.
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