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What (who) is curb - 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
¦ noun
1. a control or limit: curbs on cigarette advertising.
(also curb bit) a type of bit with a strap or chain attached which passes under a horse's lower jaw, used as a check.
2. N. Amer. variant spelling of kerb.
3. a swelling on the back of a horse's hock, caused by spraining a ligament.
¦ verb keep in check; control.
Origin
C15: from OFr. courber 'bend, bow', from L. curvare (see curve).
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.
Curb
·vt To bend or curve.
II. Curb ·noun A Curbstone.
III. Curb ·vt To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
V. Curb ·noun A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
VI. Curb ·noun A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
VII. Curb ·noun That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; ·esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
VIII. Curb ·vt To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to Subject; to Subdue; to Restrain; to Confine; to keep in check.
IX. Curb ·noun An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.
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.
Examples of use of curb
1. Carlsbad, N.M., reported curb–to–curb water on the streets from three days of rain.
2. Curb Records President Mike Curb donated $3 million while other recording industry executives and artists pitched in lesser amounts.
3. Curb plans to let Rhodes College use the home as part of a new Mike Curb Music Institute.
4. Curb illegal immigration with true border barriers.
5. Meanwhile courts should curb their judicial interventions.