incurve

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He didn’t have either an incurve or an outcurve that was worth mentioning.

From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by Duffield, J. W.

The blade is two-edged, widening from a sharp point to two shoulders from 3 to 4 centimeters apart, whence the edges incurve gradually and finally end in two projecting spurs 3 or 4 centimeters apart.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

If by any chance the supply of detritus is increased, they fill in between the horns, diminish the incurve of the bay, and so cause its beach to be more exposed to heavy waves.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate

The next was an incurve, but Brassy swung at it and missed again.

From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Stratemeyer, Edward

The other important curves are the incurve, shooting sharply to the left, and the drop, with their many variations, nearly every pitcher using some favourite curve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various