I. ˈkambə(r), -aam- verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: French cambrer, from Middle French cambre curved
intransitive verb
: to bend or curve upward toward the middle
transitive verb
: to cut, bend, or fashion to a slight convex curve : arch slightly
above and athwartships ran a narrow platform, heavily cambered and naked to the weather — Thomas Wood †1950
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: obsolete camber, adjective, curved, from obsolete French cambre, from Latin camur — more at chamber
1.
a. : a slight convexity, arching, or curvature (as of a beam, a deck, or a road)
b. : the greatest perpendicular distance in a semielliptical spring from an imaginary line drawn through the centers of the spring eyes to the top of the master leaf or to the bottom of the short plate
c. : the convexity or rise of the curve of an airfoil from its chord : the ratio of the maximum departure of this curve from the chord to the length of the chord
2. : a setting of the front wheels of an automotive vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
excessive camber prevents the tire from having correct contact with the road — Joseph Heitner
3. : a superficial geological structure induced during erosion, the strata dipping downward from hilltops toward adjacent valleys