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Definition of Curbless
1. a. Having no curb or restraint.
Definition of Curbless
1. Adjective. Without restraint; uncurbed, unchecked. ¹
2. Adjective. Without a curb (raised margin). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curbless
1. without a curb [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curbless
Literary usage of Curbless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"And hurtles onward in curbless speed, — Dark Bedouin of the waves. Possessed by
a demon's lust of life, He revels o'er wrecks and graves, 'SLEEP AND HIS ..."
2. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell: With Illustrations by James Russell Lowell (1891)
"... It would ope not, or else elope And fly back (curbless as a trope Once started
down a stanza's slope By a bard that gave it too much rope — ) That eyes ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"The old priest fanned his face with his curled hat, and raised one hand as he
uttered a gentle chiding in reproof of curbless human sorrow. ..."
4. Views and Reviews in American Literature, History, and Fiction: History and by William Gilmore Simms (1845)
"He had offended party, which is the most brutal of all assailants—a gross, blind
savage, equally curbless, pitiless and conscienceless. ..."
5. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"Over shreds of snow no wind shall go, curbless, and strong, and fleet ! Only the
rain, with a dull refrain, Follows the snow and sleet. ..."
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