| 释义 |
curber|ˈkɜːbə(r)|
Also 6 courber, 7 curbar.
[f. curb v.2 + -er1.]
1. One who or that which curbs, or restrains.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 45 Carthage..the greatest curber and terror of the Roman weale-publike. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible viii. (1740) 568 Great curbers of their passions. a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 37 The instructress of maidens And curber of boys.
†2. Thieves' cant. (See quot. 1591.) Obs. [Perhaps a distinct word.]
1591Greene 2nd Pt. Conny-catch. (1592) 24 The Courber, which the common people call the Hooker, is he that with a Curb (as they tearm it) or hook, doth pul out of a window any loose linnen cloth, apparell, or..other houshold stuffe. 1602Rowlands Greene's Ghost (1860) 41 A hooker, whom Conicatching English cals Curbar. |