curbern.

/ˈkəːbə/

Forms: Also 1500s courber, 1600s curbar.

Etymology: < curb v.² + -er suffix¹.

1. One who or that which curbs, or restrains.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > one who or that which restrains

represserc1449

controllera1540

restrainer1569

repressor1584

stayer1597

curber1610

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. xxix. 45 Carthage..the greatest curber and terror of the Romaine weale-publike.

1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 568 Great Curbers of their Passions.

a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 37 The instructress of maidens And curber of boys.

†2. Thieves' cant. (See quot. 1591.) Obsolete. [Perhaps a distinct word.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > who uses a hook

angler1567

hooker1567

curber1591

1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. E3^v The Courber, which the common people call the Hooker, is he that with a Curbe (as they tearme it) or hooke, do pull out of a windowe any loose linnen cloth, apparell, or..other houshold stuffe.

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1860) 41 A hooker, whom Conicatching English cals Curbar.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	curber
释义	curbern. /ˈkəːbə/ Forms: Also 1500s courber, 1600s curbar. Etymology: < curb v.² + -er suffix¹. 1. One who or that which curbs, or restrains. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > one who or that which restrains represserc1449 controllera1540 restrainer1569 repressor1584 stayer1597 curber1610 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. xxix. 45 Carthage..the greatest curber and terror of the Romaine weale-publike. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 568 Great Curbers of their Passions. a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 37 The instructress of maidens And curber of boys. †2. Thieves' cant. (See quot. 1591.) Obsolete. [Perhaps a distinct word.] ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > who uses a hook angler1567 hooker1567 curber1591 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. E3^v The Courber, which the common people call the Hooker, is he that with a Curbe (as they tearme it) or hooke, do pull out of a windowe any loose linnen cloth, apparell, or..other houshold stuffe. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost (1860) 41 A hooker, whom Conicatching English cals Curbar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1591
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