kerbstone

British

/ ˈkɜːbˌstəʊn /

noun

one of a series of stones that form a kerb

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A day after the article was published, Englishman Simon Andrews was killed after colliding with a kerbstone.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2014

Laborer Rowlands is laying a kerbstone along the edge of the Row.

From Time Magazine Archive

My honely Brother was withdrawn from 'Arrow, and now 'as the 'yumiliation of selling penny toys on the kerbstone to his former playfellers.

From Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show by Anstey, F.

A file of waiting carriages lined the kerbstone the whole length of Place Vendôme.

From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri

The woman sat down on the kerbstone, and declined to move a step in spite of her husband's entreaties that she would try.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

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