'Curbing' definitions:
Definition of 'curbing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Curbing'
From: 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]