Curb (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curbed (k?rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curbing.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L. curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; curved. Cf. Curve.] 1. To bend or curve [Obs.]
Crooked and curbed lines.
Holland.
2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
Milton.
Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires.
Prior.
3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.