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skew⋅back

  [skyoo-bak]
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–noun Architecture.
1. a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
2. a stone, course of masonry, or the like, presenting such a surface.
Origin:
1695–1705; skew + back 1

Related forms:
skewbacked, adjective
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skew·back   (skyōō'bāk')   


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n.  Either of two inset abutments sloped to support an arch.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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