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Definition of Road metal
1. Noun. Broken rock used for repairing or making roads.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Road Metal
Literary usage of Road metal
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 (1897)
"... dislike of the municipal council to invoke the aid of the Municipal Act to
enforce its construction. A drain without an outlet is useless. road metal. ..."
2. Proceedings (1881)
"The materials used for road-metal vary in different parts of the country. ...
The usual sizes to which road-metal is broken are, 2 inches, 2£ inches, ..."
3. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills (1922)
"... STONE AS road metal 17. General. In highway construction stone may appear as
cut blocks or cobblestone in paved streets; as crushed stone in broken ..."
4. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1907)
"... tests on trap rock as road metal. PER С U fi l Г FOOT and decreasing toward
the right, while hardness, toughness, and other properties vary irregularly. ..."
5. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands by New York Academy of Sciences (1922)
"KOAD-METAL An abundance of first-class road-metal can be found in nearly all
parts of the district. The rock used for the excellent macadam road depends in ..."
6. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"Physical Properties of Rock for road metal Essential Physical Properties. ...
For a detailed discussion of rocks for road metal, see Sect. 3, Arts. 1 to 6, ..."
7. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"At the present time the city of Boston operates many stone crushers which use
this rock in the absence of a better road metal within the city limits. ..."
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