Definitions
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- noun Obsolete form of
camber .
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Examples
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No one should neglect by-play of this description; if I live to be strong enough to carry it through, I mean to play "cambre," and I shall spell it "camber."
Luck or Cunning? Samuel Butler 1868
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Its wings are perfectly flat, forming a true plane, not dished, or provided with a cambre, even, that upward curve, or bulge on the top of the aeroplane surface, which seems to possess such a fascination for many bird flight advocates.
Aeroplanes 1915
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I came into a hard, off-cambre turn to the left and knew I was going too fast.
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Despite extensive damage to the Delcambre area in Iberia Parish, school buses for both Delcambre Elementary and Del-cambre High School "will be rolling" this morning, according the Iberia Parish School Superintendent Dale Henderson.
theadvertiser.com - 2008
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‘I lowte, I gyue reuerence to one, _Ie me cambre, Ie luy fais la reuerence.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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