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My honely Brother was withdrawn from 'Arrow, and now 'as the yumiliation of selling penny toys on the kerbstone to his former playfellers.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 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 14, 1891 by Various

All this as the cab rested by the kerbstone.

From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)

He crossed the road compassionately with the tottering old grandmother, giving her his helping hand over the kerbstone, and following her with bated breath into the close little sick-room.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

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