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单词 paving stone
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paving stonen.

Brit. /ˈpeɪvɪŋ ˌstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpeɪvɪŋ ˌstoʊn/
Forms: see paving n. and stone n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paving n., stone n.
Etymology: < paving n. + stone n. Compare earlier paving tile n.
1. Stone used as, or suitable for use as, a material for paving.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving
pavement stone1382
paving stone1400
paving?1440
flagging1622
pavementing1966
1400 in C. Frost Early Hist. Hull (1827) App. 15 (MED) xl m. pavyngston.
1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) I. 158 A Kind of Paving Stone, called Kentish-rags.
1829 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 180 Paving stone..is then to be thrown into the trenches.
1852 O. Byrne Pract. Model Calculator 401 Purbeck stone..Millstone..Paving stone.
1996 Australian (Nexis) 12 Jan. The slabs of paving stone laid out at the entrance.
2. As a count noun: a slab or block of stone used for paving.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone
paving stone1474
pavement stone1575
pavement1589
pavior1611
paver1696
pavestone1810
paving slab1825
paving flag1845
roadblock1862
pave1897
1474–5 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 19 (MED) Item, of the sale of ij pavyng stones of marbul, viij d.
1520 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 122 Morters of Marbill et Pavyngstonys of marbyll.
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Biv Couered the basket with a square pauing stone.
1613 J. Rovenzon Treat. Metallica sig. Dv Pauing-stones, Mantle-trees for chimneyes, pillers, monions for windowes.
1716 Boston News-let. 30 July 2/2 (advt.) A Parcel of Paving Stones and Grindle Stones..to be Sold by Mr. Joseph Fowle.
1824 W. Deykes Pavement Metrop. 6 The adoption of squared paving stones instead of the small round ones called pitchen stones.
1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 34 In tearing up the foundations of human belief, however, idealists have prepared paving-stones as missiles of anarchy and bloodshed.
1928 Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc. 34 153 The paving stones had been laid on the rab or subsoil.
1952 E. R. Janes Flower Garden 36 The broken paving stones obtainable in some towns when stone pavements are replaced by asphalt.
1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) x. 431/2 Build brick retaining walls between the posts or set paving stones in concrete to hold back the soil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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