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ˌtarmaˈcadam
Also tar macadam.
[f. tar n.1 + macadam n.]
A mixed material for making roads, consisting of some kind of broken stone or ironstone slag in a matrix of tar alone, or of tar with some mixture of pitch or creosote.
1882(June 17) Proc. Assoc. Municipal Engineers VIII. 91 In Barnsley we have tarred macadam, and the cost of it was 1s. 2d. Ibid. 92, I should have liked to have heard more about the cost of the tar-macadam roads. 1883(Sept. 28) Ibid. X. 53 Tar macadam for roadways was first introduced in Sheffield. 1909J. W. Smith Dustless Roads i. 10 The macadamised road construction of the future is to be found in the use of tar: that is to say, in what is termed tar macadam. 1959Chambers's Encycl. XI. 724/2 A modification of the tarred macadam road is that known as ‘tarmacadam’, in which all the pieces of road metal are coated with tar before being spread on the road and rolled. 1965P. Wayre Wind in Reeds xvi. 229 Concrete or tarmacadam paths..were out as far as we were concerned. 1980West Lancs. Even. Gaz. 6 Mar. 17 (Advt.), Tarmacadam—concrete and flagging.
Hence tarmaˈcadam v. (in quots. as pa. pple. and ppl. a.). Also attrib. Hence Cf. tarmac v.
1910Times 23 July 8/6 The tar-macadamed Madeira-road..proved them to have been pioneers in this matter. 1976Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 2/7 (Advt.), Driveways excavated, slabbed, tarmacadamed, trees pruned and lopped. 1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 22/1 (Advt.), Partly tarmacadamed playground. |