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Webster 1913 Edition


Corbe

Corbe

(kôrb)
,
Adj.
[OF.
corbe
, fr. L.
curvus
. See
Cuve
.]
Crooked.
[Obs.]
Corbe shoulder.”
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Corbe

CORBE

,
Adj.
Crooked. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


corbe

corbe

English

Adjective

corbe (comparative more corbe, superlative most corbe)

  1. (obsolete) crooked
    • Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
      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.


Italian

Noun

corbe f

  1. plural of corba

Latin

Noun

corbe

  1. ablative singular of corbis