Usually means: Inward slope of ship's sides.
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  1. tumblehome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. tumblehome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tumblehome: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tumblehome: Wiktionary
  5. tumblehome: Dictionary.com
  6. Tumblehome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. tumblehome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tumblehome)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The inward curve of the topsides of some ship hulls; the term was also used for rolling stock on railways in Britain.

Similar:
tuck, trim, tumbler, spiling, top and but, tummock, touch, tumble-car, throat, tummit, more...

Opposite:
flare, flare out, flare up, outward curvature

Types:
stern, transom, sheer, rake, more...

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Similar:
tuck, trim, tumbler, spiling, top and but, tummock, touch, tumble-car, throat, tummit, more...

Opposite:
flare, flare out, flare up, outward curvature

Types:
stern, transom, sheer, rake, more...



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