kerb

[ kurb ]

/ kɜrb /

noun, verb (used with object) British.

curb(defs 1, 15).

Nearby words

Can be confusedcurb kerb

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Examples from the Web for kerb

A stone “kerb,” or banquette, ran around one portion of the wall.
The Quadroon|Mayne Reid
Diving, I managed to rescue a small loaf from rolling from the kerb and to save from a passing foot a packet of cooked ham.
A Case in Camera|Oliver Onions
He stood on the kerb of the monument, talking to himself savagely.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days|Arnold Bennett
His car was standing at the kerb, so he took us back to tea at his house in Stretton Street.
The Stretton Street Affair|William Le Queux

Then all my senses were strung up to attention: a small bay horse lay stretched out on the pathway, his head near the kerb.
Pushed and the Return Push|George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

British Dictionary definitions for kerb

kerb

US and Canadian curb

/ (kɜːb) /

noun

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

verb

(tr) to provide with or enclose with a kerb

Word Origin for kerb

C17: from Old French courbe bent, from Latin curvus; see curve

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Word Origin and History for kerb

kerb

1660s, a variant of curb (q.v.). The preferred British English spelling in certain specialized senses, especially "edging of stone on a pavement" (1805).