society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > be of specific construction or shape [verb (intransitive)] > have upper works narrower or wider than lower (3)
(a) intransitive (of a ship) to curve or slope inwards above the broadest part and towards the decks (opposed to flare); (b) transitive (in passive…
intransitive. Of the sides of a vessel: To swell or bulge out gradually upwards; also, to flare over.
intransitive. Of the sides of a ship: to incline or slope inwards, to contract above the point of extreme breadth; to batter. Usually tumble home…