Definitions for curbing

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curbing curb·ing

Spelling: [kur-bing]

IPA: /ˈkɜr bɪŋ/

Curbing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in curbing (bcginru).

Definitions for curbing

noun

1. the material forming a curb, as along a street.
2. curbstones collectively.
3. a curb or a section of a curb.
4. Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
5. anything that restrains or controls; a restraint; check.
6. an enclosing framework or border.
7. Also called curb bit. a bit used with a bridoon for control of a horse, to which a chain (curb chain) is hooked.
8. Also called curb market; British, kerb market, kerbstone market. a market, originally on the sidewalk or street, for the sale of securities not listed on a stock exchange. Compare American Stock Exchange.
9. the framework around the top of a well.
10. the arris between an upper and a lower slope on a gambrel or mansard roof.
11. a belt of metal, masonry, etc., for abutting a dome at its base.
12. (in a windmill) the track on which the cap turns.
13. Veterinary Pathology. a swelling on the lower part of the back of the hock of a horse, often causing lameness.
14. Engineering. the cutting edge at the bottom of a caisson.
15. Carpentry. purlin plate.

verb (used with object)

1. to control as with a curb; restrain; check.
2. to cause to keep near the curb:
3. Also, British, kerb. to furnish with or protect by a curb.
4. to put a curb on (a horse).

Origin of curbing

First recorded in 1585-95; curb + -ing¹

Examples for curbing

The group now sat down on the curbing, while the Negro walked away.

Perhaps the threat of legal action has also played a role in curbing the horde of dyspeptic deviants.

The driver advanced at a walk, keeping as close as possible to the curbing.

This is a smart move, and will be far more important to curbing unauthorized immigration than token efforts at border security.

This can change—but by curbing tuition inflation, not by extending more loans.

A quickening of his pace, and he met her just as she stepped to the curbing.

The challenges in the longer term are to raise revenue while curbing the cost of health.

Other questions could be postponed; the question of curbing the king could not.

This is not the work of a person interested in “curbing spending,” as Lew argues.

She stopped him with a shudder, and Eric found a difficulty in curbing his impatience.