| 单词 | road metalling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad metalling road metalling n. the material used for making or mending roads with metal (metal n. 10); (also) the action or process of surfacing roads with this. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > for making roads rigging stone1599 metal1782 road metal1805 roadstone1805 metalling1819 road metalling1826 hardcore1842 1826 Aberdeen Jrnl. 25 Oct. Wanted by the Harbour Trustees, One to Two Hundred Tons of Road Metalling, to be laid down on such parts of the Roads and Quays as may be directed. 1871 Athenæum July 115 That form of road-metalling..which in England is associated with the honourable name of Macadam. 1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron 80 The materials are broken into cubes of two inches resembling road-metalling. 1920 in Amritsar Massacre (Stationery Office) (2000) i. 18 These missiles were stones for road-metalling. 2004 Express (Nexis) 9 Sept. 5 I have..extended an invitation to Stirling Council..to accompany me to this charming part of the world and learn the art of road metalling. < as lemmas |
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