curbing

Noun

Synonyms: curb kerb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)Synonyms: curb kerb

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Curb \Curb\ (k[^u]rb), v. t. [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.]

1.To bend or curve. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Crooked and curbed lines.— Holland.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.— Prior.[1913 Webster]

3.To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. [1913 Webster]