🛣️ A raised edge ✋ To control 🚫 A limit 🐴 A horse's bit

curb

1 8.6

A metal piece in a horse's mouth with a chain that helps the rider control it

noun
/kɜrb/

Specialized

: bocado de freno

The trainer explained how the curb helps in guiding the horse's movements more effectively.

Examples

A proper fitting of the curb can help enhance a horse's responsiveness during riding.
As Tweed leads her off, away from the blaze and the thieving, he passes a boy sitting on the curb, watching the fire and watching Tweed with admiration.

Fiction book (2002)
The rider adjusted the curb to ensure better control of the energetic horse.

Synonyms

bit

vscurb

9 7.6

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth to control it

is a specific type adding a chain or strap to press the chin

curb bit

vscurb

Specialized

9.0

A metal piece in a horse's mouth with a chin chain to help control the horse

is the shorter alternative form for the same tool

Antonyms

freedom

∞ 1.0

The right to act, speak, or think as you want without being stopped

looseness

1 2.5

A small gap or movement between parts that should be tight

Idioms

to kick someone to the curb

Informal

12 9.4

Suddenly stop seeing or talking to someone

to kick to the curb

Informal

7 8.6

Get rid of someone or something you no longer want

Compounds

curb bit

Specialized

9.0

A metal piece in a horse's mouth with a chin chain to help control the horse

curb market

Archaic

7.7

A place where people buy and sell stocks not listed on a formal exchange

curb market

4.9

An outdoor place on a sidewalk where people sell food and goods

curb roof

Specialized

8.8

A roof with two slopes on each side, a steeper lower slope and a gentler upper slope

curb service

3.9

Service where staff bring food to customers waiting in their cars at the curb

curb stomp

Offensive

9.9

A violent attack in which someone forces another person's head onto a curb and steps on it hard

How Harsh

gag

38 6.7

Pelham

Specialized

2 9.9

curb

Specialized

1 8.6

bit

9 7.6

to snaffle

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

curb singular

curbs plural

Etymology

Curb first named a special horse bit — a chain or strap used to control a horse — and the word comes from old words meaning 'bent', like in curve, because the bit was often a hooked or bent piece. So a curb was literally something that 'checks' a horse.