kerb

[kurb] Origin

kerb

[kurb]
noun, verb (used with object) British.
curb (defs. 1, 15).
curb, kerb.
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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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kerb
1664, a variant of curb (q.v.), preferred British spelling in certain specialized senses, especially "edging of stone on a sidewalk" (1805).
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