hogback
noun
- stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From hog + back.
- A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,
“Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it …”
- A hogframe.
- A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.