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road metal

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noun British.

broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.

Origin of road metal

First recorded in 1810–20

Also called metal.

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Examples from the Web for road metal

Historical Examples of road metal

One's first thought was that at least a bit of road-metal might have been put upon it.
Ruggles of Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
To be converted into road-metal has doubtless been its fate.
Highways and Byways in The Border
Andrew Lang
Then the excavations had been filled up again, and the road-metal carts had come.
Mushroom Town
Oliver Onions
Six trips were run during the day, and 69 tons of coal and road-metal were transported.
Minimum Gauge Railways
Arthur Heywood
It does not break up the given material into road-metal and gravel, but erects a building with it.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 5. The Romantic School in France
Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for road metal

road metal

noun

crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used to construct a road

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