Camber — Defs

01 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).

1.
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).(Shipbuilding)
2.
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.(Arch.) See: Hogback

Phrases & compounds

Camber arch — an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.

Camber beam — a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

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

imp. & p. p. Cambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cambering

1.
To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.

03 v. i. To curve upward.