From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curb \Curb\ (k[^u]rb), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k[^u]rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. kyrto's curved. Cf. {Curve}.]
Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland.
2. 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.
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. --Milton.
Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires. --Prior.
3. To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) [syn: {curb}, {kerb}]
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