CAMBER

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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).

2.
n.

An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback. Camber arch (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. -- Camber beam (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

3.
v.

To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.

4.
v.

To curve upward.

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