Tumblehome
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- Origins
- Modern warship design
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thumb|Model of a French 74-gun ship from 1755 showing tumblehome as its hull narrows rising to the upper deck
Tumblehome or tumble home is the narrowing of a hull above the waterline, giving less beam at the level of the main deck. The opposite of tumblehome is flare.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tumblehome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.