kerb

Plural: kerbs

Noun

• an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
• The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.
• A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
• Alternative form of curb (“raised margin along the edge of a well, etc.”).

Verb

• To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
• To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating.
• -ED, -ING, -S to provide with curbing

Synonyms

curb, curbing