incurving

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Nevertheless breeders buy cows which have "long thin tails with a good switch," buff noses, incurving horns, in the belief that such dams will infallibly transmit their milk-producing ability to their calves.

From Time Magazine Archive

It did not come; the graceful incurving of the white hull ended in the sweep of counter above the tip of a propeller blade, and the dory drifted on into the mist astern.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold

She talked to him winsomely and very kindly as they crossed the open down to meet the next incurving of the coast, and Siegmund was happy.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

A southern incurving projection of the outer shore-line of this peninsula is known as Tres Montes peninsula, the most southern point of which is a cape of the same name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

The acorns of the red oak are large, and set in shallow saucers, with incurving rims.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen