courb
English
Etymology
Middle English courben, from Middle French courber, from Latin curvō. Doublet of curb.
Verb
courb (third-person singular simple present courbs, present participle courbing, simple past and past participle courbed)
- (obsolete) To bend; to bow.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- Thanne I courbed on my knees · and cryed hir of grace.
- 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva:
- Sallys may also be propagated like Vines, by courbing, and bowing them in Arches.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
Anagrams
- Burco
Middle English
Adjective
courb
- curved; rounded
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
- Her necke is short, her shoulders courb.
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