'Stiff-backed' definitions:

Definition of 'stiff-backed'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a stiff back; "the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling"

Definition of 'Stiff-backed'

From: GCIDE
  • Stiff-backed \Stiff"-backed`\, a. Obstinate. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]