noun
Telford
noun
1
A road surface made of small stones packed and rolled tightly over a base of larger stones — an early paving method distinct from macadam, which relies on a looser stone bed.
"The old coaching route was built up using telford before the more famous macadam method took over."
"Engineers studying road history compare telford construction to later macadam surfaces."
How to Use Telford
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA style of road paving using a firm bed of large stones topped with smaller compacted stones.
Easily confused with
macadam
Word Forms
Telfords plural
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Etymology
Named after the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford, who pioneered this method of road building.