camelback

camelback
/kam"euhl bak'/, n.
1. the back of a camel: They traveled through the desert on camelback.
2. a curved back of a sofa or chair, having a central rising section between two lower sections.
adj.
3. having a shape resembling the humped back of a camel.
adv.
4. on camelback: to ride camelback.
[CAMEL + BACK1]

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