(obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
“Matthew Shardlake, a crookback lawyer, is an unlikely hero, clever and sensitive and determined to seek the truth.”
“When the battle of warfare begins, it shall be where crookback Richard made his fray.”
“But the boldness of his performance lies in his choosing to play the crookback king as someone who never lets his consciousness get the better of him.”