Word: skewbacks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: skew
backs
Definition: Plural of skewback. The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.
Morphemes:
Affix: skew
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: scūtum
Language: la
Decoded: scutum
Meaning: a shield
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.