swaybacked
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- adjective
- /ˈsweɪˌbækt/
- Specialized
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jorobado
- The veterinarian examined the swaybacked mare, noting how the sagging spine affected her movement.
- swaybacked horse
Examples
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As a precaution, I had also arranged to have a horse waiting for Julie in the corral; he turned out to be a swaybacked red gelding named Dirk.
Fiction book (1996) -
He mopped his chin and neck with a blue bandanna, then climbed aboard the wagon and shook the reins over the swaybacked horse.
Fiction book (1993) -
A rag seller, returning empty from a paper mill, offered him a ride in the tumbril drawn by her swaybacked horse.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now he slumped to sit on a boulder, holding the reins of his swaybacked gelding.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mr. Ungar rode his swaybacked horse to Chimneys on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tethered one behind the other, a couple of mules, a swaybacked horse, and eight or nine scrawny donkeys waited in gloomy resignation.
Fiction book (1995) -
Swaybacked barns disappearing a piece at a time, wind-torn gaps in their sheet metal roofs, doors knocked askew by intruding vines.
Fiction book (1993) -
The old man rode his swaybacked horse slowly along the dusty trail, its spine curved from years of hard work.
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During the parade, a charming swaybacked donkey caught the attention of the crowd with its unique shape.
Synonyms
Having a bent, sagging back often seen in older horses
A horse with a back that sags downward in the middle
A larger than normal inward curve in the lower back
Antonyms
Compounds
How Curved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swaybacked comes from the parts sway meaning 'to bend or move' and back meaning 'the spine'. It gives a simple picture of an animal whose back bends down, so swaybacked describes a horse or animal with a sagging or curved spine.