swine-backedadj.

Brit.

/ˌswʌɪnˈbakt/, U.S.

/ˈswaɪnˌbækt/

Forms: 1500s swyne-backed, 1700s– swine-backed.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swine n., backed adj.; swine back n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: Partly < swine n. + backed adj., and partly (in later use) < swine back n. + -ed suffix². Compare hog-backed adj.

1. Archery. With reference to the fletchings of an arrow: cut in a convex curve. Opposed to saddle-backed. Now chiefly historical.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adjective] > type of shaft

swine-backed1545

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 18 The swyne backed fashion, maketh the shafte deader.

1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxxiv It has been my wont to choose a saddle-backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.

2006 E. J. Crockett Condottiere v. 38 Almost simultaneously, thirty-two swine-backed feathered shafts hissed skywards.

†2. Of an animal: having an arched back like that of a pig. Cf. hog-backed adj. 1, swine back n. 1. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the back > having back like a hog

hog-backed1611

swine-backed1710

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 53 I take it to be the same our Fishers call a Bressie, a Foot long, swine-headed, and mouth'd and backed, broad-bodied, very fat, eatable.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd II. i. 27 A Bream-back'd or Swine-back'd Horse should not be my Choice.

1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iv. 212 A horse..must never be rejected, merely on account of being either hollow, or swine-backed.

3. With reference to a hill, ridge, etc.: resembling the arched back of a pig in shape; esp. having steeply sloping sides either side of a narrow crest which rises towards the centre. Cf. swine back n. 2.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > other characteristics

bosomed1744

sub-mountain1841

tooth-set1860

drumlinoid1894

swine-backed1908

1908 A. Milligan Hero Lays 30 Muckish, the swine-backed mountain, Seen in darkness dim.

1975 R. Mercer in P. J. Fowler Recent Work in Rural Archaeol. ii. Pl. 3e The coastal plateau extends behind a defensive rampart, 2.5 km long, on the inland brow of the ‘swine-backed’ Bindon Hill, Dorset.

1990 J. Stewart Antarctica I. 366/1 Gadarene Ridge... Named by the NZ Allan Hills Expedition of 1964 for the swine-backed profile of the ridge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swine-backed
释义	swine-backedadj. Brit. /ˌswʌɪnˈbakt/, U.S. /ˈswaɪnˌbækt/ Forms: 1500s swyne-backed, 1700s– swine-backed. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swine n., backed adj.; swine back n., -ed suffix². Etymology: Partly < swine n. + backed adj., and partly (in later use) < swine back n. + -ed suffix². Compare hog-backed adj. 1. Archery. With reference to the fletchings of an arrow: cut in a convex curve. Opposed to saddle-backed. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adjective] > type of shaft swine-backed1545 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 18 The swyne backed fashion, maketh the shafte deader. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxxiv It has been my wont to choose a saddle-backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier. 2006 E. J. Crockett Condottiere v. 38 Almost simultaneously, thirty-two swine-backed feathered shafts hissed skywards. †2. Of an animal: having an arched back like that of a pig. Cf. hog-backed adj. 1, swine back n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to the back > having back like a hog hog-backed1611 swine-backed1710 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 53 I take it to be the same our Fishers call a Bressie, a Foot long, swine-headed, and mouth'd and backed, broad-bodied, very fat, eatable. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd II. i. 27 A Bream-back'd or Swine-back'd Horse should not be my Choice. 1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iv. 212 A horse..must never be rejected, merely on account of being either hollow, or swine-backed. 3. With reference to a hill, ridge, etc.: resembling the arched back of a pig in shape; esp. having steeply sloping sides either side of a narrow crest which rises towards the centre. Cf. swine back n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > other characteristics bosomed1744 sub-mountain1841 tooth-set1860 drumlinoid1894 swine-backed1908 1908 A. Milligan Hero Lays 30 Muckish, the swine-backed mountain, Seen in darkness dim. 1975 R. Mercer in P. J. Fowler Recent Work in Rural Archaeol. ii. Pl. 3e The coastal plateau extends behind a defensive rampart, 2.5 km long, on the inland brow of the ‘swine-backed’ Bindon Hill, Dorset. 1990 J. Stewart Antarctica I. 366/1 Gadarene Ridge... Named by the NZ Allan Hills Expedition of 1964 for the swine-backed profile of the ridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1545
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