corbe

English

Etymology

From Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔː(ɹ)b/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)b

Adjective

corbe (comparative more corbe, superlative most corbe)

1. (obsolete) crooked
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:

     I deeme thy braine emperished bee
     Through rusty elde, that hath rotted thee:
     Or sicker thy head veray tottie is,
     So on thy corbe shoulder it leanes amisse.

References

• “corbe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.