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Camber   /kˈæmbər/   Listen
Camber

noun
1.
A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road).
2.
A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force.  Synonyms: bank, cant.
3.
The alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top.
verb
(past & past part. cambered; pres. part. cambering)
1.
Curve upward in the middle.



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"Camber" Quotes from Famous Books



... more nearly amidships she could be worked with one mast and sail. The New Haven sharpie retained its original proportions. It was long, narrow, and low in freeboard and was fitted with a centerboard. In its development it became half-decked. There was enough fore-and-aft camber in the flat bottom so that, if the boat was not carrying much weight, the heel of her straight and upright stem was an inch or two above the water. The stern, usually round, was planked with vertical staving that produced a thin counter. The sheer was usually marked ...
— The Migrations of an American Boat Type • Howard I. Chapelle
... instance to build roads, this force was afterwards kept on as a working gang to carry out any jobs which became necessary. These men laid out and built an excellent road system, following the well-accepted British lines with a high camber and a hard surface so that the water ...
— Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben • Henry Charles Mahoney


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