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Definition of skewback in English: skewbacknounˈskjuːbakˈskjuˌbæk The sloping face of the abutment on which an extremity of an arch rests. Example sentencesExamples - It was 525 metres long and was supported by 32 pontoons including stone skewbacks on both banks.
- The job required excavation into steep slopes for the pier and skewbacks.
- This was easier than cutting the bricks to make wedges, skewbacks and the arch key.
- Without hinges, arch ribs extend continuously from skewback to skewback and are fixed at skewbacks so no rotation can occur and thus the bridge is called a fixed arch.
- The massive steel bases were positioned just above the skewbacks, using six hydraulic jacks to make delicate adjustments to their position and angle.
- Additional issues include arch size and arch depths, keystones, soffits, skewbacks and the configuration of abutments.
Definition of skewback in US English: skewbacknounˈskyo͞oˌbakˈskjuˌbæk The sloping face of the abutment on which an extremity of an arch rests. Example sentencesExamples - The massive steel bases were positioned just above the skewbacks, using six hydraulic jacks to make delicate adjustments to their position and angle.
- It was 525 metres long and was supported by 32 pontoons including stone skewbacks on both banks.
- This was easier than cutting the bricks to make wedges, skewbacks and the arch key.
- The job required excavation into steep slopes for the pier and skewbacks.
- Additional issues include arch size and arch depths, keystones, soffits, skewbacks and the configuration of abutments.
- Without hinges, arch ribs extend continuously from skewback to skewback and are fixed at skewbacks so no rotation can occur and thus the bridge is called a fixed arch.
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