Obs. Also 6–7 kirble. [Derivative of CURB, app. diminutive in form.]
1. = CURB sb. 1. Also attrib.
1598. Florio, Guancetto, a little claspe or kirble hooke about a horses bit.
1614. Markham, Cheap Husb., I. ii. (1668), 24. The kirble shall be thick, round, and large, hanging loosely upon his nether lip.
2. = CURB sb. 8.
1780. Five Wonders of World, 6. Hoops in Women Petticoats, as big almost as Well-curbles.
