"Camber" is a word in ENGLISH
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or
lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See
Hogback.
An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has
a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).
To curve upward.
To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck,
with an upward curve.
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The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
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