courb
verbEtymology From Middle English courben, from Middle French courber, from Latin curvō. Doublet of curb.
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Obsolete To bend; to bow.
- Thanne I courbed on my knees · and cryed hir of grace.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
- Sallys may also be propagated like Vines, by courbing, and bowing them in Arches.1664, John Evelyn, Sylva: