Crookback

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crookback \Crook"back`\ (kr[oo^]k"b[a^]k`), n.
     A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a
     hunchback.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Crookback \Crook"back`\, a.
     Hunched. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crookback
       adj : characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality
             of the vertebral column [syn: {crookbacked}, {humped},
             {humpbacked}, {hunchback}, {hunchbacked}, {gibbous}, {kyphotic}]
       n : a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature
           of the upper spine [syn: {humpback}, {hunchback}]