metalling
- present participle of metal.
Example Sentences
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A glance between these natural balusters turned our strip of metalling into a gallery.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
In places the metalling broke through, making holes similar to holes in thick ice, with well-defined margin.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson
A few inches more metalling, perhaps, another generation of menders, and so on.
From Aliens by McFee, William
It is not now recognisable as a road, but the steep banks at each side of it, and some bluish metalling in the shell holes, show that one once ran there.
From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John
We whipped through St. Jean de Luz, sang through Bidart, and hobbled over a fearful stretch of metalling into Bayonne….
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
