Curbstone

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  • noun. A stone or row of stones that constitutes a curb.
  • adjective. Untrained or unsophisticated; amateurish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A stone placed against earth or brick- or stonework to prevent it from falling out or spreading.
  • noun. Specifically, one of the stones set together on edge at the outer side of a sidewalk, forming a curb.
  • noun. Formerly also spelled kerbstone, kirbstone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A stone set along a margin as a limit and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.
  • noun. See under Broker.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of kerbstone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a paving stone forming part of a curb
  • Word Usage
    "For the curbstone was a rocking precipice, and the street below it a grey and shimmering stream, that rolled, and flowed, and rolled, and never rested."
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