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curbing

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curb·ing  (kûrbng)
n.
1. The material used to construct a curb.
2. A row of curbstones; a curb.
curbing [ˈkɜːbɪŋ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the US spelling of kerbing
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Noun1.curbingcurbing - an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
curb, kerb
curbstone, kerbstone - a paving stone forming part of a curb
edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"


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By curbing such inclinations in my daughters we keep on the safe side.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Such humble furniture as there may once have been and much of the lower weatherboarding, had served as fuel in the camp fires of hunters; as had also, probably, the curbing of an old well, which at the time I write of existed in the form of a rather wide but not very deep depression near by.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
He went into Main Street and sat on the curbing before Wacker's tobacco store.
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