[kurb] 
| 1. | a rim, esp. of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk. |
| 2. | anything that restrains or controls; a restraint; check. |
| 3. | an enclosing framework or border. |
| 4. | Also called curb bit. a bit used with a bridoon for control of a horse, to which a chain (curb chain) is hooked. |
| 5. | 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. |
| 6. | the framework around the top of a well. |
| 7. | the arris between an upper and a lower slope on a gambrel or mansard roof. |
| 8. | a belt of metal, masonry, etc., for abutting a dome at its base. |
| 9. | (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. |
| 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). |
| (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb. |
| curb (kûrb) n.
[Blend of Middle English, curved piece of wood (from Old French corbe, curved object, from corbe, curved, from Latin curvus) and Middle English corbe, horse strap (from corben, to bow down, halt, from Old French corber, to bow down, from Latin curvāre, from curvus, curved, bent; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots).] |
