Kerb
/kɜːb/noun
A stone edge or border along the side of a street or path.
Did you know?“Kerb” is a British spelling of the same word as American “curb,” and both go back to a word for a bent or bowed piece of wood used to hold or restrain something in place.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
LL
curvus
“bent, curved”
Old French
OF
courbe
“bent, curved”
Middle English
ME
kerb
“a curb or border stone”
16th Century
English
curb
“a check or restraint; later, a stone edging”
Modern English
English
kerb
“British spelling of curb, especially a stone edging along a road”