adjective
- having an abnormally curved or sagging back, especially with the spine curving inward
Usage: often used to describe horses or other animals
Examples
- The old horse was swaybacked from years of carrying heavy loads.
- The swaybacked mare could no longer be ridden safely.
- Age and poor care had left the pony swaybacked and weak.
- The veterinarian examined the swaybacked condition of the draft horse.
- Despite being swaybacked, the gentle horse was still loved by the children.
- The farmer retired the swaybacked workhorse to pasture.