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Definition of Paviour
1. Noun. A machine for laying pavement.
Definition of Paviour
1. Noun. A person who lays paving slabs ¹
2. Noun. A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paviour
1. a paver [n -S] - See also: paver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paviour
Literary usage of Paviour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 by Great Britain (1767)
"... to the paviour of the water company to whom he apprehends the faid pipe or
pipes to belong, who is hereby required to take up the faid pavement, ..."
2. Letters on Paraguay: Comprising an Account of a Four Years' Residence in by John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson (1839)
"Francia sets up as paviour—Cheap mode of paving—A trip to the Quarries and
surrounding Country—Aspect of it—And hospitality of the People—The Paraguay ..."
3. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From by John Campbell Campbell (1857)
"Observing an Irish paviour near the heap, he addressed him in a furious tone as
... Irish paviour: " If I were to take them to t'other place, your honour, ..."
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