Tel"ford (?), a. [After Thomas
Telford, a Scotch road engineer.] Designating, or pert.
to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and
smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of
large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the
interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.
Tel"ford (?), a. [After Thomas
Telford, a Scotch road engineer.] Designating, or pert.
to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and
smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of
large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the
interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.