camber

Definitions


[ˈkambə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the slightly convex or arched shape of a road or other horizontal surface
(e.g: a bend where the camber of the road sloped to a ditch)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French cambre, dialect variant of chambre ‘arched’, from Latin camurus ‘curved inwards’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries