wearing course
Britishnoun
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The wearing course of the mixed macadam is composed of graded broken stone or gravel and a bituminous binder.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
Quite often a badly worn macadam or gravel road is used for the foundation and a new wearing course provided by adding a mixed macadam surface.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
The wearing course usually is about 2 inches thick and is constructed with selected aggregates of good quality shipped in for the purpose.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
His sixteen hours long Saturday has run Its wearing course and weary.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
If larger pebbles are allowed in the wearing course, the surface is certain to become rough after a time.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
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