kerb

[kurb]

noun, verb (used with object) British.

curb(defs 1, 15).

Can be confusedcurb kerb

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Historical Examples of kerb

There was a mess of thick, congealing blood splashed on the road and the kerb.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
I felt inclined to sit down on the kerb and hold my head in my hands.
Chance
Joseph Conrad
A stone “kerb,” or banquette, ran around one portion of the wall.
The Quadroon
Mayne Reid
A man in my persition has got no right to dress as if he kept a stall on the kerb.
Ship's Company, The Entire Collection
W.W. Jacobs
At the end of the street a taxi was drawn up at the kerb awaiting him.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for kerb

kerb

US and Canadian curb

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

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