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metalling

verb

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of metal

  2. A road surface, especially one of gravel (but sometimes with reference to macadam,…

    A road surface, especially one of gravel (but sometimes with reference to macadam, tarmacadam, or asphalt concrete).

    • And I did do jobs like collecting acorns which we fed to the pigs, mixed with other things. And I also picked stones off the fields which was done in those times, stones as metalling for the roads.

  3. The process or an instance of installing such a surface

    The process or an instance of installing such a surface; paving.

    • [Footnote 32] According to the French map of the Levant, laid in 1925, before the metalling of the roads.
    • The Roman street had seven successive metallings. The latest metallings were contemporary with the tile works.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA