curbstonekerbstonen.

Forms: Also kirbstone.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurbstone.

One of the stones forming a curb, esp. at the edge of a side-path; hence, the stone edge of a side-path.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > furnishing with kerb > kerb-stone

curbstone1791

guard-stone1865

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road > kerb

curbstone1791

kerb1807

kerb-stone1815

curb1836

kerbing1869

1791 Act 31 Geo. III c. 65 §124 Curb Stone from Eleven to Thirteen Inches wide and from Five to Seven Inches thick.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 130 The two side-spaces, from the wall to the kirb-stone.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. v. 80 You goes..and lies down on the kerb-stone.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iv. 66 Black Guernsey granite for macadamised paving and curb stones.

Compounds

curbstone broker n. (also curbstone agent, curbstone operator) U.S. a broker, not a member of the stock exchange, who transacts business in the streets.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun]

broker1377

factor1432

entermeter1440

broggerc1460

chapman1570

institor1657

mackeler1682

agent1707

commission man1733

agenting1751

supercargo1782

commission agent1798

commission merchant1798

curbstone broker1848

managing agent1969

1848 W. Armstrong Stocks 7 This class comprehends..all those petty operators and non-descripts, who have neither a local habitation or scarcely, a name, that are dignified by the title of curb-stone brokers.

1860 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3)

1861 Knickerbocker 57 635 All sorts of brokers, from the leading houses down to the curbstone ‘operator’.

1862 R. B. Kimball Undercurrents (1868) 321 It is rather a habit with the Curbstone operator when he gets severely winged, to go into the cigar business.

1884 Cent. Mag. Aug. 629/2 Peddling ‘privileges’ to small speculators through curb-stone agents.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 14/1 Both of these men are kerbstone brokers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	curbstone
释义	curbstonekerbstonen. Forms: Also kirbstone. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurbstone. One of the stones forming a curb, esp. at the edge of a side-path; hence, the stone edge of a side-path. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > furnishing with kerb > kerb-stone curbstone1791 guard-stone1865 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road > kerb curbstone1791 kerb1807 kerb-stone1815 curb1836 kerbing1869 1791 Act 31 Geo. III c. 65 §124 Curb Stone from Eleven to Thirteen Inches wide and from Five to Seven Inches thick. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 130 The two side-spaces, from the wall to the kirb-stone. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. v. 80 You goes..and lies down on the kerb-stone. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iv. 66 Black Guernsey granite for macadamised paving and curb stones. Compounds curbstone broker n. (also curbstone agent, curbstone operator) U.S. a broker, not a member of the stock exchange, who transacts business in the streets. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] broker1377 factor1432 entermeter1440 broggerc1460 chapman1570 institor1657 mackeler1682 agent1707 commission man1733 agenting1751 supercargo1782 commission agent1798 commission merchant1798 curbstone broker1848 managing agent1969 1848 W. Armstrong Stocks 7 This class comprehends..all those petty operators and non-descripts, who have neither a local habitation or scarcely, a name, that are dignified by the title of curb-stone brokers. 1860 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) 1861 Knickerbocker 57 635 All sorts of brokers, from the leading houses down to the curbstone ‘operator’. 1862 R. B. Kimball Undercurrents (1868) 321 It is rather a habit with the Curbstone operator when he gets severely winged, to go into the cigar business. 1884 Cent. Mag. Aug. 629/2 Peddling ‘privileges’ to small speculators through curb-stone agents. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 14/1 Both of these men are kerbstone brokers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1791
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