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plural kerbs
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones. examples
A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb. examples
Alternative form of curb (“raised margin along the edge of a well, etc.”) examples
third-person singular simple present kerbs, present participle kerbing, simple past and past participle kerbed
(Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb. examples
To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating. quotations examples
I was fidgeting a bit, because three dogs were sniffing at my ankles in an interested fashion. They were going out to be kerbed[.]
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35