"kerb stone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kerb stones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kerb stone (plural kerb stones)
  1. Alternative form of kerbstone Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kerbstone
    Sense id: en-kerb_stone-en-noun-ZO1tWIoK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1988, University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society - Volumes 54-55, page 167",
          "text": "No other kerb stone was found set in the ground and it may be that this boulder, the largest to be found, was naturally earthfast.",
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