Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - curb
Curb
curb
n. & v. --n. 1 a check or restraint. 2 a strap etc. fastened to the bit and passing under a horse's lower jaw, used as a check. 3 an enclosing border or edging such as the frame round the top of a well or a fender round a hearth. 4 = KERB. --v.tr. 1 restrain. 2 put a curb on (a horse). Phrases and idioms curb roof a roof of which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper. Etymology: ME f. OF courber f. L curvare bend, CURVE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French courbe curve, curved piece of wood or iron, from courbe curved, from Latin curvus Date: 15th century a bit that exerts severe pressure on a horse's jaws, an enclosing frame, border, or edging, check, restraint , a raised edge or margin to strengthen or confine, an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter, a market for trading in securities not listed on a stock exchange, II. transitive verb Date: 1530 to furnish with a ~, to check or control with or as if with a ~ , to lead (a dog) to a suitable place (as a gutter) for defecation, see: restrain ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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