telford

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adjective

tel·​ford

ˈtelfə(r)d

: being or relating to a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth and distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices

telford

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noun

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plural -s

: a telford road

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

after Thomas Telford †1834 Scottish civil engineer

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