a. [f. CURB sb. + -Y.] Liable to be affected with curb (see CURB sb. 4). Hence Curbily adv.
1841. Meeson & Welsby, Reports, VIII. 132. The term ‘curby hocks’ indicated a peculiar form of the hock, which was considered as rendering the horse more liable to throw out a curb.
1875. ‘Stonehenge,’ Brit. Sports, II. VI. 564. Curby hocks are also hereditary, and should be avoided.
1892. Sport. & Dram. News, 21 May, 360/1. That off hock … was always rather ‘curbily’ inclined.
