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Definition of Road roller
1. Noun. Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements.
Definition of Road roller
1. Noun. A heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt in the construction of roads ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Road Roller
Literary usage of Road roller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ontario Dept. of Highways, Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food, Ontario Dept. of Public Works (1899)
"THE WEIGHT OF THE road roller. There are different kinds and classes of rollers.
The horse roller weighing six or eight tons, will do fairly well if a steam ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Moreover, the В the county authorities in the fact that a good road-roller, when
not profitably employed upon the higher-class Macadam or Telford roads, ..."
3. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"The steam road-roller, shown in fig. 108, was constructed for the ... The first
road-roller introduced into Scotland was that purchased from Messrs. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The first practical road-roller was made in France, in 1787, ... In 1817 a
road-roller was patented in England by Philip H. Clay, and in 1825 another ..."
5. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"The steam road-roller, shown in fig. 108, was constructed for the ... The first
road-roller introduced into Scotland was that purchased from Messrs. ..."
6. Good Roads Year Bookby American Highway Association by American Highway Association (1912)
"The Most Efficient Roller For all Road Work Traction or Stationary Power A
Guaranteed Machine Price of 10-Ton road roller, F. 0. B. Cars, Racine, Wis., ..."
7. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"The 15-ton road-roller already described is used in Scotland on county roads,
almost without exception; a limited number of 12-ton rollers are employed in ..."
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