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• telford
  telford

  adjective

  noting a form of road pavement composed of compacted and rolled stones of various sizes.
• Telford
  Telford

  noun

  a town in W central England, in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire: designated a new town in 1963. Pop: 138 241 (2001)

telford

American  

[tel-ferd] / ˈtɛl fərd /

adjective

1. noting a form of road pavement composed of compacted and rolled stones of various sizes.

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Telford ¹ British  

/ ˈtɛlfəd /

noun

1. a town in W central England, in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire: designated a new town in 1963. Pop: 138 241 (2001)

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Telford ² British  

/ ˈtɛlfəd /

noun

1. Thomas. 1757–1834, Scottish civil engineer, known esp for his roads and such bridges as the Menai suspension bridge (1825)

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Etymology

Origin of telford

1895–1900; after Thomas Telford (1757–1834), Scottish engineer

Example Sentences

After the macadam or telford foundation is well laid and compacted, the surface or wearing stone is put on.

From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter

On soils having springs and on embankments over causeways the depth was ten inches with stone foundation, known as telford.

From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter

Many of them have a telford foundation, which is now put down at about the same price as macadam, and meets most of the conditions better than macadam.

From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter

Where the telford construction is used they sometimes cost as much as seventy-three cents per square yard.

From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter

Any good dry stone not liable to disintegrate can be used as metal for foundation for either telford or macadam construction.

From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter