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What does hogback mean?

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Noun
  1. (geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
  2. A hogframe.
  3. A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
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A particularly prominent hogback lies along the east edge of the Front Range in eastern Colorado.
It was on the lee side of the hogback, a little below the crest.
Already the 100 truck was climbing the last steep pitch to the top of the hogback.
The next day we pitched a rough camp on a hogback between two barren plains, about five miles from our main camp.
It was just our luck that they took this place to come over the hogback, Roger.
It wasn't that far of a drive, about ten minutes or so to the other side of the hogback and then five minutes to get to the place.

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