Definitions for kerbstone

kerbstone kerb·stone

Spelling: [kurb-stohn]
IPA: /ˈkɜrbˌstoʊn/

Kerbstone is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 448 anagrams from letters in kerbstone (beeknorst).

Definitions for kerbstone

noun

  1. curbstone.
  2. one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.

Origin of kerbstone

First recorded in 1785-95; curb + stone

Examples for kerbstone

A file of waiting carriages lined the kerbstone the whole length of Place Vendôme.

Then, just as he turned to move on, something lying at his feet almost at the edge of the kerbstone attracted his attention.

A carriage was drawn up by the kerbstone; the doors of it were open.

He fell down on th' kerbstone and wouldn't get up-- turned sulky like.

In Queen Victoria Street he stopped on the kerbstone, and looked about him.

The cab-door slammed, the wheels ground on the kerbstone, my début was over.

The wheels of a cab grazed the kerbstone, a murmured direction followed.

He stood there on the kerbstone, and all they could do 'e wouldn't budge.

In five minutes the dull noise of the kerbstone market in Broad Street had leapt to a high note of frantic interrogation.

She sat down on the kerbstone to count her money, putting her feet in the dry gutter a la manière born.

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