pave·ment /ˈpevmənt/
鋪砌,鋪設,鋪築;鋪路石,鋪石路,人行道,車道
Pave·ment n. That with which anything is paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.
The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. --Milton.
Pavement teeth Zool., flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement.
Pave·ment, v. t. To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] “How richly pavemented!”
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pavement
n 1: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: paving]
2: material used to pave an area [syn: paving]
3: walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually
beside a street or roadway [syn: sidewalk]
Pavement
It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their
tribunals in open places, as the market-place, the circus, or
even the highway. Pilate caused his seat of judgment to be set
down in a place called "the Pavement" (John 19:13) i.e., a place
paved with a mosaic of coloured stones. It was probably a place
thus prepared in front of the "judgment hall." (See GABBATHA.)