单词 | blacktopping |
释义 | blacktoppingn. Originally and chiefly U.S. The action of surfacing a road, driveway, etc., with blacktop; (also) the blacktop surface itself. ΘΚΠ 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 1947 Billboard 27 Dec. 48/2 Chief among improvements was the blacktopping of the midway area at a cost of $2500. 1953 Changing Times Sept. 12/2 Are little-traveled streets paved with low-cost black topping? 1957 ‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive ii. 18 Next spring would be time enough to think of black-topping. 1970 Pop. Mech. Mar. 84 d/2 I don't know that anything is wrong with the blacktopping, provided it was properly put down over a tamped gravel fill. 1995 E. Hotaling They're Off! xxv. 295 A clear setback..was the blacktopping of the Saratoga Trotting Course. 2008 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 15 Oct. 3 The cost of blacktopping is so high now, we can't afford to do it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1947 |
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