Definition of Courbing

1. Verb. (present participle of courb) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Courbing

1. courb [v] - See also: courb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Courbing

courages
couraging
courant
courante
courantes
couranto
courantoes
courantos
courants
courb
courbaril
courbaril copal
courbed
courbette
courbettes
courbing (current term)
courbs
courd
coure
coured
coures
coureur de bois
coureurs de bois
courgette
courgettes
courier
couriered
couriering
couriers
couring

Literary usage of Courbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Robert Greene by John Clark Jordan (1915)
"... Foist (who steals with his hand), the Lifting Law (larceny), the courbing Law (hooking linen out of windows), and the Blacke Arte (picking of locks). ..."

2. Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century by Joel Elias Spingarn (1908)
"... hauing conspired to 5 binde Iupiter, Pallas called Briareus with his hundreth hands to his aide, expounded, that Monarchies neede not feare any courbing ..."

3. Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century by Joel Elias Spingarn (1908)
"... Pallas called Briareus with his hundreth hands to his aide, expounded, that Monarchies neede not feare any courbing of their ..."

4. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"... were equal to the task of courbing and pulling down a cold (1.e. unwounded) stag, it seems reasonable to infer that a larger dog could hardly be ..."

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