单词 | tarmacadam |
释义 | tarmacadamn. A mixed material for making roads, consisting of some kind of broken stone or ironstone slag in a matrix of tar alone, or of tar with some mixture of pitch or creosote. 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 1882 Proc. Assoc. Municipal Engineers 8 91 In Barnsley we have tarred macadam, and the cost of it was 1s. 2d. 1882 Proc. Assoc. Municipal Engineers 8 92 I should have liked to have heard more about the cost of the tar-macadam roads. 1883 Proc. Assoc. Municipal Engineers 10 53 Tar macadam for roadways was first introduced in Sheffield. 1909 J. W. Smith Dustless Roads i. 10 The macadamised road construction of the future is to be found in the use of tar: that is to say, in what is termed tar macadam. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 724/2 A modification of the tarred macadam road is that known as ‘tarmacadam’, in which all the pieces of road metal are coated with tar before being spread on the road and rolled. 1965 P. Wayre Wind in Reeds xvi. 229 Concrete or tarmacadam paths..were out as far as we were concerned. 1980 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 6 Mar. 17 (advt.) Tarmacadam—concrete and flagging. Derivatives tarmaˈcadam v. (in quots. as past participle and participial adjective). Also attributive. Cf. tarmac v. ΘΚΠ 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 1910 Times 23 July 8/6 The tar-macadamed Madeira-road..proved them to have been pioneers in this matter. 1976 Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 2/7 (advt.) Driveways excavated, slabbed, tarmacadamed, trees pruned and lopped. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 22/1 (advt.) Partly tarmacadamed playground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1882 |
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