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noun

a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.

anything that restrains or controls; a restraint; check.

an enclosing framework or border.

Also called curb bit. a bit used with a bridoon for control of a horse, to which a chain (curb chain) is hooked.

Also called curb market;, British, kerb market, kerbstone market. a market, originally on the sidewalk or street, for the sale of securities not listed on a stock exchange. Compare American Stock Exchange.

the framework around the top of a well.

the arris between an upper and a lower slope on a gambrel or mansard roof.

a belt of metal, masonry, etc., for abutting a dome at its base.

(in a windmill) the track on which the cap turns.

10.

Veterinary Pathology. a swelling on the lower part of the back of the hock of a horse, often causing lameness.

11.

Engineering. the cutting edge at the bottom of a caisson.

12.

Carpentry. purlin plate.

verb (used with object)

13.

to control as with a curb; restrain; check.

14.

to cause to keep near the curb: Curb your dog.

15.

to furnish with or protect by a curb.

16.

to put a curb on (a horse).

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Also, British, kerb (for defs 1, 15).

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English curb, courbe curved piece of wood (noun), stooped, hunchbacked (adj.) < Anglo-French curb, courb curved, bowed; Old French < Latin curvus crooked, bent, curved. See curve

Related forms

curb·a·ble, adjective

curb·less, adjective

curb·like, adjective

un·curb, verb (used with object)

un·curb·a·ble, adjective

un·curbed, adjective

Can be confused: curb, kerb.

Synonyms
13. bridle, repress. See check¹.

Antonyms
13. encourage.

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World English Dictionary

curb¹ (kɜːb)

—n
1.	something that restrains or holds back
2.	any enclosing framework, such as a wall of stones around the top of a well
3.	a. Also called: curb bit a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse
	b. Also called: curb chain the chain or strap itself
4.	a hard swelling on the hock of a horse

—vb
5.	to control with or as if with a curb; restrain

[C15: from Old French courbe curved piece of wood or metal, from Latin curvus curved]

curb²

—n
	vet science a swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain

kerb or (US and Canadian) curb (kɜːb)

—n
1.	a line of stone or concrete forming an edge between a pavement and a roadway, so that the pavement is some 15 cm above the level of the road

—vb
2.	(tr) to provide with or enclose with a kerb

[C17: from Old French courbe bent, from Latin curvus; see curve]

curb or (US and Canadian) curb

—n

—vb

[C17: from Old French courbe bent, from Latin curvus; see curve]

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Word Origin & History

curb

late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse," from O.Fr. courbe "curve, curb," from L. curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve). Meaning "enclosed framework" is from 1510s, probably originally with a notion of "curved;" extended to margins of garden beds 1731; to

"margin of stone between a sidewalk and road" 1836 (sometimes spelled kerb). The verb (1520s) is from the notion of putting a curb on a horse; fig. sense first attested 1580s.

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