Curbstone - significado y definición. Qué es Curbstone
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Qué (quién) es Curbstone - definición

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]]
  • gutter]], [[storm drain]], and an [[accessibility]] ramp between roadway and pedestrian sidewalk
  • Metal forms before the concrete is poured and finished by hand
  • slip casts]] a concrete curb with integral gutter
  • Hand forming at catch basins
  • Blue curb marking
  • Pedestrian area separated from [[carriageway]] by six [[bollard]]s in front of the [[East India House]] in [[London]], 1766
  • transit vehicles]]
  • Old sidewalk with granite curb in [[Kutná Hora]]
  • Stone curbs and raised sidewalks on both sides of a 2000-year-old paved road in [[Pompeii]], [[Italy]]
  • 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]]

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.
curbstone         
¦ noun US spelling of kerbstone.
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.

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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.

Ejemplos de uso de Curbstone
1. By Sliman al–Shafi In the middle of Khan Yunis, opposite the vegetable stands in the municipal market, four youngsters aged 12 to 14 sat on the curbstone of the wet road.