English Explanatory Dictionary

skewback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

skewback skewbacks

Etymology

From skew + back.

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