单词 | tarvia |
释义 | Tarvian. Chiefly North American. The proprietary name of a road-surfacing and binding material made from tar. Also (irregularly) ˈtarviate v. (transitive) . ˈtarviated adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > tar > tar-based compositions for roads macadam1826 mac1851 tarmacadam1882 tar-paving1883 Tarmac1903 Tarvia1912 tar1934 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > pave > pave with specific material causeya1552 flag1615 causeway1744 metal1806 blind1812 macadamize1823 slab1832 flint1834 pebble1835 asphalt1872 concrete1875 cube1887 cobble1888 block1891 wood-block1908 tarmacadam1910 tarviate1926 tarmac1966 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [adjective] > consisting of or resembling tar > surfaced with tar-based composition tarviated1940 1912 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 July 1125/1 Tarvia..Pitch prepared from natural or manufactured bituminous oils and tars for road and pavement construction, roofing, waterproofing, and insulating. Claims use since June 1, 1903. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 July 18/1 There has been a saving, over contract price, of $12,000, in tarviating the twenty-six miles of Island Highway. 1928 Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Jan. 82 Tarvia... Raw or partly prepared mineral substances, for use in the manufacture of road-making materials. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 835/1 Tarviated.., a term applied to macadam road surfacings in which the stone is bound together with tar. 1947 Archit. Rev. 101 163 A tarvia floor was chosen because of its cheapness and its acoustical properties. 1952 Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 24 662/1 It is..necessary to record on the identical stretch of tarvia road. 1966 R. H. Rimmer Harrad Exper. (1967) 25 A one lane tarvia road between two stone pillars. 1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Jan. 16/2 My feet got so sensitive I could sense the difference between tarvia, gravel, or concrete immediately. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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