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Definition of Round-backed
1. Adjective. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect. "A little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Round-backed
Literary usage of Round-backed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1905)
""Behind these round-backed series of hills, to the westward, the topographical
features vary again, and the conglomerate ranges assume an appearance' of ..."
2. English Music 1604 to 1904: Being the Lectures Given at the Music Loan by Worshipful Company of Musicians (1906)
"Yet though the round-backed violin, largely because it was round-backed, was to
cheat the flat-backed branch of the family of its inheritance, ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1905)
""Behind these round-backed series of hills, to the westward, the topographical
features vary again, and the conglomerate ranges assume an appearance of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1905)
"Here we have the round-backed comb (fig. 52) with the back forming a ...
The round-backed comb of this form and of largish size occurs in Denmark and Norway ..."
5. Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany: Being a Guide to Würtemberg by John Murray (Firm) (1867)
"... hy the confinement and sinuosities of the river ; opposite to it, and equally
to be avoided, is a round-backed fragment called Bou- vali (Buffalo). ..."
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