curb·stone

[kurb-stohn]
noun
one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
Also, British, kerbstone.


Origin:
1785–95; curb + stone

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curbstone (ˈkɜːbˌstəʊn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the US spelling of kerbstone

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kerbstone or (US and Canadian) curbstone (ˈkɜːbˌstəʊn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
one of a series of stones that form a kerb
 
curbstone or (US and Canadian) curbstone
 
n

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Her customers would bring boards and planks, sometimes fallen tree limbs, out to the curbstone where she would set up shop.
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