CURB vs CURTAIL: NOUN
- Specifically A chain or strap attached to the upper ends of the branches of the bit of a bridle, and passing under the horse's lower jaw, used chiefly in controlling an unruly or high-spirited horse.
- A line of joined stones set upright at the outer edge of a walk, or at one of the edges of a street or road, forming the inner side of a gutter; a row of curbstones.
- In mech.: A breast-wall or retaining-wall erected to support a bank of earth. A casing of stone, wood, brick, or iron, built inside a well that is being sunk, or the framework above and around a well. A boarded structure used to contain concrete until it hardens into a pier or foundation. The outer casing of a turbine-wheel. A curved shrouding which confines the water against the floats or buckets of a scoop-wheel or breast-wheel. The wall-plate at the springing of a dome. The wall-plate on the top of the permanent part of a windmill, on which the cap rotates as the wind veers. An inclined circular plate placed round the edge of a kettle to prevent the contents from boiling over.
- Same as crib, 11.
- An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
- That which checks, restrains, or holds back; restraint; check; control.
- A hard and callous swelling on various parts of a horse's leg, as the hinder part of the hock, the inside of the hoof, beneath the elbow of the hoof, etc.
- A market, originally on a street or sidewalk, for trading securities that are not listed on a stock exchange.
- A chain or strap that passes under a horse's lower jaw and serves in conjunction with the bit to restrain the horse.
- Something that checks or restrains.
- A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
- An enclosing framework, such as that around a skylight.
- A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street.
- A stock exchange in New York
- The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- A horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
- An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.
- A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with an adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
- A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
- A raised margin along the edge of something, as a strengthening.
- A row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK)
- See under Deck.
- That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
- A stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse.
- A curbstone.
- The pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring.
- A plate serving the purpose of a curb.
- A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
- The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
- In architecture, a member shaped like a volute or scroll, especially in stair-building, as in the lower termination of a hand-rail or the projection of the lowest step of a flight. See curtail-step.
- A corruption of curtal. Compare curtail, v.
CURB vs CURTAIL: VERB
- To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
- To rein in.
- To check, restrain or control.
- To put down by force or authority
- Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- Place restrictions on
- Keep to the curb
- Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- Place restrictions on
- To cut short the tail of an animal
- To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
- To limit or restrict, keep in check.
CURB vs CURTAIL: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
- N/A
CURB vs CURTAIL: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To bend or curve.
- To check, restrain, or control (an impulse or activity, for example); rein in. : restrain.
- To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
- To lead (a dog) off the sidewalk into the gutter so that it can excrete waste.
- To furnish with a curb.
- To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
- To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
- To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
- To cut short or reduce: : shorten.
CURB vs CURTAIL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To bend to one's will; check; restrain; hold in check; control; keep in subjection: as, to curb the passions.
- To bend; curve.
- Lessen the intensity of
- Temper
- Hold in restraint
- Hold or keep within limits
- To restrain or control with a curb; guide and manage with the reins.
- To bend; crouch.
- Bent; curved; arched.
- To strengthen or defend by a curb: as, to curb a well or a bank of earth.
- To deprive by excision or removal; abate by deprivation or negation: as, to curtail one of part of his allowance, or of his proper title.
- To cut short; cut off the end or a part of; dock; diminish in extent or quantity: as, to curtail words.
CURB vs CURTAIL: RELATED WORDS
- American stock exchange, Cut back, Hold, Check, Kerb, Bridle, Moderate, Conquer, Subdue, Contain, Inhibit, Control, Suppress, Restrict, Curtail
- Undermine, Diminish, Stifle, Lessen, Impede, Thwart, Discourage, Rein, Constrain, Reduce, Clip, Cut short, Cut back, Curb, Restrict
CURB vs CURTAIL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Rein, Cut back, Hold, Check, Kerb, Bridle, Moderate, Conquer, Subdue, Contain, Inhibit, Control, Suppress, Restrict, Curtail
- Undermine, Diminish, Stifle, Lessen, Impede, Thwart, Discourage, Rein, Constrain, Reduce, Clip, Cut short, Cut back, Curb, Restrict
CURB vs CURTAIL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- No parking on city streets after two inches of snowfall until the streets is cleared curb to curb.
- Curb cuts shall be the full height of the curb.
- Watch for joints that have a jog or are not a straight line from curb to curb.
- With all curb and gutter forms, basic shapes and styles of the curb cross section look similar.
- Learn how to make a driveway curb ramp customized to fit any shaped rolled curb.
- If downhill against a curb, turn the wheels inward, toward the curb.
- Work including transitioning the roundabout splitter island nosing curb to the adjoining curb shape.
- Previous studies looked at curb to curb issues which ignored sidewalks.
- Backing up bituminous curb is incidental to the curb items.
- How do you mix Redi epoxy tile choose from single curb, triple curb, triple curb triple.
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