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What (who) is curb-stone - definition
EDGE WHERE A SIDEWALK MEETS A ROAD
Kerb (road); Curbs; Kerbs; Curbstone; Curb stone; Curb (road); Kerb; Road kerb
![Curbs at the [[Suzuka International Racing Course]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adrian Sutil 2009 Japan 1st Free Practice.jpg?width=200 "Curbs at the [[Suzuka International Racing Course]]")
![gutter]], [[storm drain]], and an [[accessibility]] ramp between roadway and pedestrian sidewalk](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curb gutter storm drain.JPG?width=200 "gutter]], [[storm drain]], and an [[accessibility]] ramp between roadway and pedestrian sidewalk")
![slip casts]] a concrete curb with integral gutter](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curb pour for Poinciana Parkway.jpg?width=200 "slip casts]] a concrete curb with integral gutter")
.jpg?width=200 "Blue curb marking")
![Pedestrian area separated from [[carriageway]] by six [[bollard]]s in front of the [[East India House]] in [[London]], 1766](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E India House.jpg?width=200 "Pedestrian area separated from [[carriageway]] by six [[bollard]]s in front of the [[East India House]] in [[London]], 1766")
![transit vehicles]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/High curb level streetcar boarding (8712580004).jpg?width=200 "transit vehicles]]")
![Old sidewalk with granite curb in [[Kutná Hora]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kutná hora cobblestones3.jpg?width=200 "Old sidewalk with granite curb in [[Kutná Hora]]")
![A curb with the street name on the sidewalk in [[New Orleans]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UptownMagazineTileGutterWoodBricks.jpg?width=200 "A curb with the street name on the sidewalk in [[New Orleans]]")
![Modern use of stone curbs, [[cobblestone]], and planters as [[bollard]]s to separate vehicles from pedestrians in [[Warsaw]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Warszawa - Warsaw - Varsovie - Warschau - Varsovia - Varsó - Варшава - panoramio (4).jpg?width=200 "Modern use of stone curbs, [[cobblestone]], and planters as [[bollard]]s to separate vehicles from pedestrians in [[Warsaw]]")
curb-stone
n.
Curb, edge-stone.
curb
I. n.
1.
Restraint, hindrance, bridle. See check, 1.
2.
Curb-stone, edge-stone.
3.
Breast-wall, retaining-wall.
II. v. a.
Check, restrain, control, repress, bridle, put under restraint, keep under, hold in check.
Curbstone
·noun A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.
Wikipedia
Curb
A curb (North American English), or kerb (Commonwealth English except Canada; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway.
