bridling vs curbing

bridling

noun
  • The act of one who bridles. 

curbing

noun
  • A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb 

  • The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb). 

How often have the words bridling and curbing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )