Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To check, restrain or control. · To rein in. · To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb. · Ellipsis of curb stomp.
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand). · A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening. · Something that checks or restrains; a restraint. · A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll by means of the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove by means of a curb chain.
From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.
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- Root classification mention*(s)ker- (turn)ine-pro
- Derivation mentioncourbefrm
- Derivation mentioncurvusla
- Doublet mentioncurveen
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