metallingmetalingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəlɪŋ/,

/ˈmɛtl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdl̩ɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– metaling (now chiefly U.S.), 1800s– metalling (now chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metal n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < metal n. + -ing suffix¹.

1. Road metal; = metal n. 10. Also: the process of making or mending roads with road metal. Cf. road metalling n. at road n. Compounds 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > for making roads

rigging stone1599

metal1782

road metal1805

roadstone1805

metalling1819

road metalling1826

hardcore1842

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material

gravelling1577

causeying1596

flagging1656

pitching1702

ruderation1730

macadamization1822

macadamizing1824

asphalting1840

blinding1843

causewaying1876

bouldering1880

metalling1885

blacktopping1947

tarmacing1975

1819 T. Telford in J. L. MacAdam Remarks Road Making (1823) 193 We..make use of metalling, or broken stones, on the middle part of the road.

1858 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 21 144 The estimate..is that given in Colonel Napier's published Road Report dated September 1854... It does not include Establishment or Metalling west of the Jhelum.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 4 The metalling of the roads is better and more quickly consolidated by steam rollers.

1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer i. v. 112 A steamroller was clattering back and forth over the freshly tarred metaling of the road at the cemetery gate.

1957 H. Williamson Golden Virgin ii. xiv. 228 Later, metalling for the destroyed roads had to be brought by ship from the granite quarries of Jersey and Cornwall.

1987 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 315 209 Above the metalling of the Roman quay at Caerleon, Boon discovered pottery of the 13th to early 14th century.

†2. Metalwork. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > product of

metalwork1552

metalling1878

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun]

metalwork1552

metalling1878

1878 C. T. Newton in Academy 19 Jan. 59/1 The bowl seems like a local imitation of Phoenician metalling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metalling
释义	metallingmetalingn. Brit. /ˈmɛtəlɪŋ/, /ˈmɛtl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛdl̩ɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– metaling (now chiefly U.S.), 1800s– metalling (now chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metal n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < metal n. + -ing suffix¹. 1. Road metal; = metal n. 10. Also: the process of making or mending roads with road metal. Cf. road metalling n. at road n. Compounds 6. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > for making roads rigging stone1599 metal1782 road metal1805 roadstone1805 metalling1819 road metalling1826 hardcore1842 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material gravelling1577 causeying1596 flagging1656 pitching1702 ruderation1730 macadamization1822 macadamizing1824 asphalting1840 blinding1843 causewaying1876 bouldering1880 metalling1885 blacktopping1947 tarmacing1975 1819 T. Telford in J. L. MacAdam Remarks Road Making (1823) 193 We..make use of metalling, or broken stones, on the middle part of the road. 1858 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 21 144 The estimate..is that given in Colonel Napier's published Road Report dated September 1854... It does not include Establishment or Metalling west of the Jhelum. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 4 The metalling of the roads is better and more quickly consolidated by steam rollers. 1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer i. v. 112 A steamroller was clattering back and forth over the freshly tarred metaling of the road at the cemetery gate. 1957 H. Williamson Golden Virgin ii. xiv. 228 Later, metalling for the destroyed roads had to be brought by ship from the granite quarries of Jersey and Cornwall. 1987 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 315 209 Above the metalling of the Roman quay at Caerleon, Boon discovered pottery of the 13th to early 14th century. †2. Metalwork. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > product of metalwork1552 metalling1878 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] metalwork1552 metalling1878 1878 C. T. Newton in Academy 19 Jan. 59/1 The bowl seems like a local imitation of Phoenician metalling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819
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