forestall vs kerb

forestall

verb
  • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. 

  • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly. 

  • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. 

  • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. 

  • To deprive (with of). 

noun
  • Something situated or placed in front. 

kerb

verb
  • To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb. 

  • To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating. 

noun
  • The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones. 

  • A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb. 

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