camber : Idioms & Phrases

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Camber arch

  • noun an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados
WordNet
  • (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.
Webster 1913

Camber beam

  • (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.
Webster 1913