单词 | skewback |
释义 | skewback[ skyoo-bak ] / ˈskyuˌbæk / noun Architecture.a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests. a stone, course of masonry, or the like, presenting such a surface. Origin of skewbackFirst recorded in 1695–1705; skew + back1 OTHER WORDS FROM skewbackskewbacked, adjectiveWords nearby skewbacksketchy, skete, skeuomorph, skew, skew arch, skewback, skewbald, skewer, skewerwood, skew field, skewgee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for skewbackskewback / (ˈskjuːˌbæk) / nounthe sloping surface on both sides of a segmental arch that takes the thrust one or more stones that provide such a surface Derived forms of skewbackskewbacked, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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