gravel
noun
small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
well-gravelled
-
a word derived from
gravel.
Example Sentences
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The tents were arranged in long lines, with broad, well-gravelled roads at intervals between them, with a drained footpath on either side.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
They had sacks over their shoulders to protect them from the rain, and they lifted the wet, shining lumps of coal into hamper-like baskets and staggered with them over the well-gravelled path.
From The Setons by O. Douglas
The drive, well-gravelled and smoothly rolled, took them on, sauntering slowly, until it turned in a great sweep round a lawn, ending under a stone porch flung out from the front of the house.
From Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce
Beyond these homes we followed a well-gravelled road leading directly west.
From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by John Williams Streeter
