Definitions
Etymologies
- tumble + home? (Wiktionary)
- From tumble, to slope inward (obsolete). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They feature composite materials, an electric-drive propulsion and an unconventional "tumblehome" hull.”
“The Flex's boxy body -- which I find attractive (but my wife hates) -- has a lot more cargo room than the tumblehome greenhouse of the Lincoln.”
“The Flex's boxy body -- which I find attractive but my wife hates -- has a lot more cargo room than the tumblehome greenhouse of the Lincoln.”
“Other shallops were more bowl-shaped with rounded bows, molded sides and tumblehome.”
“This time next week, I will tell all of my faithful readers what the following are: beakhead knightheads scantlings (sounds like a nice title for a novel ...) tumblehome (so does that) bulwark”
“However, the has-relief engraving was still hidden from view by the tumblehome of the cliff.”
“A fair try at a tumblehome you made, for a first ever - but do you so still, without a cannon at your bum, or my blade? ”
“Captain Bampfylde climbed the Cavalier's tumblehome.”
“Above Sharpe now, water dripping from its lower rungs, was a tumblehome ladder leading to the main deck.”
“He likes the freeboard he incorporates into his craft; believes his foam-core ribs provide a balance of stiffness and durability; thinks paddlers will find his colorful Kevlar and carbon finishes attractive; and believes he has settled on the proper amount of tumblehome to allow for ease of paddling.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tumblehome’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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It Has a Name??
Yes. Yes it does.
aglet, armsaye, scroop, rowel, ferrule, rasceta, chanking, philtrum, frenulum, keeper, agelast, punt and 285 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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fitting words
a list of words from the indo european root ar- and variations : to fit together
ambry, rede, coarctate, anarthrous, artiodactyl, exordium, harmony, army, armoire, arm, armada, armadillo and 349 more...
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Prosie: The Launch of the Mauretania ...
by John Maxtone-Graham. Tons of interesting-sounding words, half of which I cannot comprehend on their own, but which together conjure an unmistakable image of naval architecture and shipyard activ...
keel, hull, admiralty, moulding loft, frame-bender, berth, stern, shell plating, tons, mill, fitted, rivet marks and 132 more...
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compound words
My favourites.
birdbath, gallowglass, lamplight, chokecherry, lightbox, riptide, softshoe, snowshed, bluebird, matchbox, sugarcane, nightcap and 64 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for tumblehome.
chained_bear "The Worcester was a wall-sided ship and the way into her was a series of very shallow smooth wet slippery steps that rose vertically from the waterline, with no comfortable tumblehome, no inward slope, to help the pilgrim on his way..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 28 Mar 3, 2008
john "A nautical term referring to the inward lean of gunwales on sailing ships, adapted to coachbuilding. Specifically relates to the inward lean of roof pillars from their beltline base to the edge of the roof panel."
"Tumble What? The strange and baffling world of car design-speak explained." Automobile, August 2007: 125.
Aug 25, 2007