What is "upcurved"

Usage examples of "upcurved".

A flute player perched on the upcurved prow, piping the stroke, faster, faster, as the ornate vessel moved in view of the waiting crowd.

Some kind of yellow felt porkpie with black band and upcurved brim, it remained securely atop his brown thatch through whatever chaos ensued, thanks to a handy elastic string running under his chin.

The buildings' pale-gold brick closed in on either side, bridges sliding over their heads, flotsam bobbing around their upcurved prow.

Would it,' he asked the ancestor, 'be a silver-gilt porringer on a circular moulded foot, the lower part chased with acanthus foliage, with beaded scroll handles, the cover surmounted by a foliage on a rosette of swirling acanthus leaves, the stand of tazza form on circular detachable feet with acanthus border joined to a multifoil plate, the palin top with upcurved rim?