curbstone

American  

[kurb-stohn] / ˈkɜrbˌstoʊn /

British, kerbstone

noun

1. one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.

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curbstone British  

/ ˈkɜːbˌstəʊn /

noun

1. the US spelling of kerbstone

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Etymology

Origin of curbstone

First recorded in 1785–95; curb + stone

Example Sentences

In our tests, the Chef’sChoice ProntoPro 4643 took seriously dull blades—we ran them against a chunk of concrete curbstone until they were all but useless—to tomato-filleting sharpness in less than a minute.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

To ensure truly, appallingly dull blades, we ground their edges repeatedly against a piece of concrete curbstone.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

Spinning round them like a sputtering Sputnik was Nikita Khrushchev himself�tossing off dire threats in curbstone interviews, dishing out amiable insults, and defiling the decorum of the U.N. with desk-pounding, finger-waggling interruptions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Friends still recall seeing young John McCormack crouched on a curbstone, reading by the flickering light of a gas street lamp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally they reach a gate, and he sets her down on a curbstone and pushes an electric buzzer, and she can hear it ring deep within a house.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr