Kerbstone

Definition of kerbstone:

part of speech: noun

A form of CURBSTONE.

Usage examples for kerbstone:

• The Philosopher and the Strategist are but shadows in this book, but though I left them on the kerbstone I took with me the memory of a comradeship which had been good to have. "The Soul of the War", Philip Gibbs.

• It was much hotter here than on the moor, and she supposed that human beings could grow accustomed to any smell, but she stepped further towards the kerbstone and drew in what air the street could spare to her. "Moor Fires", E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young.

• There were no tears in that crowd, though the wives and sweethearts of many of the young men must have stood on the kerbstone to watch them pass. "The Soul of the War", Philip Gibbs.

• He pushed his way down the street, where the country- people, having completed their week's marketing, were loading donkeys on the footpath or carts pushed backwards against the kerbstone "Hyacinth 1906", George A. Birmingham.