tumble home

1 of 2

intransitive verb

: to incline inward above the waterline or greatest breadth : fall home compare batter entry 3

—used chiefly of the sides of a ship

tumble home

2 of 2

noun

: a receding upward slope (as of a ship's sides) : an inclination inward from the greatest breadth

as in all ships of the period, her sides have considerable tumble home

—H. G. Smith

the tumble home of a building toward the top

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