The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Broken-backed

Sea Terms

When a vessel droops at both ends, owing to weakness, or from having been pounded on the shore, she is said to be broken-backed. Also when a vessel is in such a condition so that the line of her sheer is undulating, she is said to be hogged.

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