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Definition of Lobster-backed
1. Adjective. Used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobster-backed
Literary usage of Lobster-backed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by Edmund Alexander Parkes (1887)
"The only form which seemed fairly good was the common lobster-backed cowl.
For general use, however, this would require to revolve, ..."
2. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts by Benjamin Waterhouse (1911)
"... to stir till we were ready, and some of our company called him a damned
lobster-backed for wishing to drive us away before every one had his drink. ..."
3. Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements by William Henry Corfield (1885)
"Of revolving cowls for chimneys, the common lobster-backed FIG. 10. Filed Cowl.
cowl is probably the best. Of the many cowls which have bean invented with ..."
4. The Ventilation and Warming of School Buildings by Gilbert Burnet Morrison (1887)
""lobster-backed" cowls are sometimes used on ventilators to increase their
aspirating power. These revolve FIG. 2. with the wind, keeping the back to the ..."
5. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"The shaft is fixed against the side of the house opposite, and terminates in a
lobster- backed cowl so arranged as to present its mouth to ..."
6. The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry (1880)
"... glass tube by blowing vertically down upon the fixed cowl placed upon the top
of it. Of revolving cowls for chimneys, the common lobster-backed cowl is ..."
7. The habitation in relation to health by Francis Stephen B.F. De Chaumont (1879)
"The only way to cure this is by having a proper inlet, and if anything further
is required a cowl can be put upon the chimney, either a lobster- backed cowl ..."
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