courb

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English

Etymology

From 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, section 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.

Anagrams

Burco

Middle English

Adjective

courb

curved; rounded
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy , published 1857, →OCLC:
  Her necke is short, her shoulders courb.
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