Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An irregular occasional spelling of
curb , v., 4, and n., 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
curb .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, New Zealand The
edge between thepavement and theroadway , consisting of a line ofkerbstones . - verb UK To
damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
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Examples
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A blow to the head was deemed the cause, but exactly how was never established; a kerb from a fall?
London G20 Police outnumbered and attacked « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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At the kerb was a Rolls-Royce with gold-plated fittings.
The Mystery of The Stuttering Parrot Arthur, Robert 1964
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A stone "kerb," or banquette, ran around one portion of the wall.
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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- Types of escorts and unsafe methods such as kerb crawling, phonebox cards etc
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(I talked like a fool, I know; it was like asking a casual wayfarer in East Ham whether that by the kerb is the Moscow express.
Old Junk 1915
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On all three walls the shafts in this storey stand on a kind of kerb or parapet, which is interrupted in the middle of each bay, and the stilt of the round arch is treated almost like a classical entablature, and has a moulding or cornice above it, while the uppermost part of the wall is thickened, thereby necessitating over each bay a comprising arch, which on the north wall is round, but on the other walls follows the shape of the three sub-arches, and forms a kind of upper order to them.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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Note also the placement of the Foster's (or, as they call it in Australia, "breakfast), which as you can see has been "kicked to the curb" (or, as they call it in Australia, the "kerb").
Fitment Issues: K.O.P.S. vs. C.O.P.S. BikeSnobNYC 2008
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I agree it is an awful corner but from the photo you took it seems like the lorry had cut the corner too tightly in any event (he was going to 'kerb' it from the looks of thinsg.
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I agree it is an awful corner but from the photo you took it seems like the lorry had cut the corner too tightly in any event (he was going to 'kerb' it from the looks of thinsg.
London SE1 community website Charles Alfred 2010
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I agree it is an awful corner but from the photo you took it seems like the lorry had cut the corner too tightly in any event (he was going to 'kerb' it from the looks of thinsg.
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