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Also kerb a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.

anything that restrains or controls; restraint; check.

an enclosing framework or border.

Also called curb bit.��a bit used with a bridoon for control of a horse, to which a chain curb chain is hooked.

British, kerb market.��Also called kerbstone market.��Also called curb market;.��a market, originally on the sidewalk or street, for the sale of securities not listed on a stock exchange.

the framework around the top of a well.

the arris between an upper and a lower slope on a gambrel or mansard roof.

a belt of metal, masonry, etc., for abutting a dome at its base.

(in a windmill) the track on which the cap turns.

Veterinary Pathology.��a swelling on the lower part of the back of the hock of a horse, often causing lameness.

Engineering.��the cutting edge at the bottom of a caisson.

Carpentry.��purlin plate.

to control as with a curb; restrain; check.

to cause to keep near the curb.

Also kerb to furnish with or protect by a curb.

to put a curb on (a horse).