Meaning of kerb-stone | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Across the entrance to the chamber there may be either a kerb–stone or a sillstone. A kerb–stone (a stone set⟳ on edge) is placed immediately behind the portal stones between the ends of the first two orthostats of the chamber.”

“Along the kerb-stone, itinerant vendors of prints, and stain-cleaning pastes, and mosaic gold chains, and studs, display their merchandise; and round the corner, near the tavern door, the Italian boy grinds his pianoorgan in dumb show⟳.”

“He snatches away the piece of sacking that is supposed to retain⟳ the caloric in the loins of his horse, goes through a series of evolutions in order⟳ to bring⟳ his cab alongside the kerb-stone, a process⟳ which could not be adequately described without the aid of diagrams, and which the uninitiated might consider⟳ was for the purpose of driving the horse in at the open⟳ door of the vehicle, instead of putting the passenger there.”

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