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Definition of Telford
1. a. 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.
Definition of Telford
1. Proper noun. a new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Telford
1. a road made of stones [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telford
Literary usage of Telford
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Engineers by Samuel Smiles (1878)
"LANGHOLM—Telford LEARNS THE TRADE OF A STONEMASON. THE time arrived when young
Telford must be put to some regular calling. Was he to be a shepherd like his ..."
2. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe (1856)
"His private character was very amiable; and in his manners and conversation he
is said to have been extremely fascinating. THOMAS Telford. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe, New York Museum of Science and Industry Library (1852)
"THOMAS Telford. IT is to the energies of genius in humble life that science is
chiefly indebted for its most valuable discoveries, and extension of its ..."
4. Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of Their Principal Works: Comprising by Samuel Smiles (1861)
"LANGHOLM—Telford LEARNS THE TRADE OF A STONEMASON. THE time arrived when young
Telford must be put to some regular calling. Was he to be a shepherd like his ..."
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