kerb
verbUS /kɝb/ · UK /kɜːb/
Etymology From curb (“raised border or frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve.
1
UK To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
2
To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating their bowels.
- I was fidgeting a bit, because three dogs were sniffing at my ankles in an interested fashion. They were going out to be kerbed[.]1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35: