gravel
noun
small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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But those girls seemed to have gravelled Mitchell, and he didn't seem able to talk himself round.
From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry