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(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..
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.
Use skewback when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skewback means (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..
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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.
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