firm-backed

Updated: September 16, 2025

Sharp-edged, firm-backed, one of these shells made an admirable little shovel, something with which to cut the turf and throw up the soil, a most useful implement in the hands of the river haunting people. The idea of the youngsters was simply this: Their rendezvous should be at that point in the forest nearest the clump of trees standing solitary in the valley below.

Stanley Waterloo - The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man