What is "curb"

Curb \Curb\ (k[^u]rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curbed (k[^u]rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curbing.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. kyrto`s curved. Cf. Curve.]

1. To bend or curve. [Obs.]

   Crooked and curbed lines.
   --Holland.

2. 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.

   Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
   --Milton.

   Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.
   --Prior.

3. To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

Curb \Curb\, v. i. To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.]

Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.
--Shak.

Curb \Curb\, n.

1. 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.

   He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws.
   --Drayton.

   By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny.
   --Denham.

2. (Arch.) 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.

3. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

4. A curbstone.

5. (Far.) 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.
   --James Law.

   Curb bit, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse.
   --Knight.

   Curb pins (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring.

   Curb plate (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb.

   Deck curb. See under Deck.

late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse" (used to restrain the animal), from Old French courbe (12c.) "curb on a horse," from Latin curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). Meaning "enclosed framework" is from 1510s, probably originally with a notion of "curved;" extended to margins of garden beds 1731; to "margin of stone between a sidewalk and road" 1791 (sometimes spelled kerb). Figurative sense of "a check, a restraint" is from 1610s.

1520s, of horses, "to lead to a curb," from curb (n.). Figurative use from 1580s. Related: Curbed; curbing.

n. 1 (context North America English) A row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (''UK'') 2 A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening. 3 Something that checks or restrains; a restraint. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To check, restrain or control. 2 (context transitive English) To rein in. 3 (context transitive English) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. 4 (context transitive English) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp. 5 (context transitive English) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb. 6 (context transitive English) To bend or curve. 7 (context intransitive English) To crouch; to cringe.

1. v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, moderate]

2. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer]

3. keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

4. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict, curtail, cut back]

1. n. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) [syn: curbing, kerb]

2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse [syn: curb bit]

3. a stock exchange in New York [syn: American Stock Exchange, AMEX]

4. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: bridle, check]

Curb or the Curb may refer to:

• Curb, or kerb, the raised edge of a raised footpath or roadway
• Curb (album), Nickelback's first full-length album
• Curb (horse), an injury to the long plantar ligament in horses
• Curb bit, a type of bit used for riding horses
• The Curb, a nickname for the American Stock Exchange, from its original name The New York Curb Exchange
• Mike Curb (born 1944), American musician

A curb (North American English), or kerb (British English), is the edge where a raised sidewalk (pavement in British English) or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway.

Curb is defined in older literature as enlargement secondary to inflammation and thickening of the long plantar ligament in horses. However, with the widespread use of diagnostic ultrasonography in equine medicine, curb has been redefined as a collection of soft tissue injuries of the distal plantar hock region. Curb is a useful descriptive term when describing swelling in this area.

Curb is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Originally self-released by the band on May 1, 1996, the album was later reissued by Roadrunner in 2002, with a different album cover.

The album was named after a friend of lead singer Chad Kroeger's, Kirby. "He came over a hill in the middle of nowhere on a dirt gravel road and had a head-on collision with a car," Kroeger recalled. "He stumbled out of the car bleeding and bashed up pretty bad, and he opened up the [door of the other] car, and it's his girlfriend. She snuck out at the same time, was going to see him and he killed her on the back of a dirt road. I tried to imagine what they could possibly feel like, and that's where that song comes from."

The songs "Where?", "Fly", "Left" and "Window Shopper" had previously been released on the band's first extended play Hesher. While "Where?" and "Left" were re-recorded, "Fly" and "Window Shopper" were unaltered. "Just Four" was later re-recorded and released as "Just For" on the band's third album, Silver Side Up, in 2001.

When reissued in 2002, Curb entered the American Billboard 200 albums chart at number 182. The album received its first certification 14 years after its release date; it was certified Gold in Canada as of March 2010. The majorly distorted guitar riffs and raw vocals from Curb are not as present in later releases.

"Fly" was released as the only single from the album, in July 1996, for which the band's first promotional music video was also recorded. It showed the band playing at what appeared to be a party at a house.

This was the only full-length album by the band to feature original drummer Brandon Kroeger.