skewback

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — 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.

词形变化

skewbacks plural

词源

From skew + back.
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