curbstone

American  

[kurb-stohn] / ˈkɜrbˌstoʊn /

British, kerbstone

noun

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

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curbstone British  

/ ˈkɜːbˌstəʊn /

noun

1. the US spelling of kerbstone

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Etymology

Origin of curbstone

First recorded in 1785–95; curb + stone

Example Sentences

To ensure truly, appallingly dull blades, we ground their edges repeatedly against a piece of concrete curbstone.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

In our tests, the Chef’sChoice ProntoPro 4643 took seriously dull blades—we ran them against a chunk of concrete curbstone until they were all but useless—to tomato-filleting sharpness in less than a minute.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

Within the curbstone control room, nine shirtsleeved men were wedged into a maze of apparatus like submariners at battle stations, lit by little more than the flicker of eight TV monitoring screens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Communist Earl Browder has been in & out of enough courtrooms in his time to make him a pretty fair curbstone lawyer in his own right.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally they reach a gate, and he sets her down on a curbstone and pushes an electric buzzer, and she can hear it ring deep within a house.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr