camber Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
  2. noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
    cant; bank.
  3. noun the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
  4. verb curve upward in the middle

WordNet

Cam"ber noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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).
  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.
Cam"ber transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cambered ; present participle & verbal noun Cambering
Definitions
  1. To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.
Cam"ber intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To curve upward.

Webster 1913