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Origin of curb
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
synonym study for curb
13. See check1.
OTHER WORDS FROM curb
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH curb
curb kerbWords nearby curb
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British Dictionary definitions for curbed (1 of 2)
curb1
/ (kɜːb) /
noun
something that restrains or holds back
any enclosing framework, such as a wall of stones around the top of a well
- Also called: curb bit a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse
- Also called: curb chain the chain or strap itself
a hard swelling on the hock of a horse
verb (tr)
to control with or as if with a curb; restrain
See also kerb
Word Origin for curb
C15: from Old French courbe curved piece of wood or metal, from Latin curvus curved
British Dictionary definitions for curbed (2 of 2)
curb2
noun
vet science a swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain
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