Found 2 hits - Term: camber arch, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
camber \cam"ber\, n. of. cambre bent, curved; akin to f.
cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. l. camerare to arch over, fr.
camera vault, arch. see chamber, and cf. camerate.
1. shipbuilding 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.
1913 webster
2. arch. an upward concavity in the under side of a beam,
girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a
straight arch. see hogback.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
chamber camerate hogback camber arch camber beam
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
camber arch
n : an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly
arched intrados
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