单词 | gamber |
释义 | † gambern. Nautical. Obsolete. A curve in the keel of a boat such that its ends are raised slightly; the degree to which a keel curves in this way; = rocker n.1 9b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > concave curve of gamber1849 1849 M. F. Crisp Treat. Marine Archit. (rev. ed.) 83 A vessel with a great gamber in the keel, or which droops at the two extremes, has less incumbent weight. 1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 31 Shear is the rising of the gunwale of a boat towards head and stern; gamber is the same on the keel; otherwise called tripping up. 1863 Hunt's Yachting Mag. 12 566 She has a gamber keel of 2½ feet amidships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1849 |
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