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Definition of Macadamizing

Macadamizing
Macadamize Mac*ad"am*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Meaning of Macadamizing from wikipedia

- Baltimore on the Chesapeake Bay to Wheeling on the Ohio River. Before it was macadamized, stagecoaches travelling the Hagerstown to Boonsboro road in the winter...
- advanced significantly. Following frequent erosion of Lake S**** Road, then macadamized, a concrete road known as the Toronto–Hamilton Highway was proposed in...
- Construction of a macadamized road in the United States (1823). These roads allowed stagecoaches to travel at much greater speeds....
- (1756–1836), Scottish engineer noted for inventing the process of "macadamization" of roads John McAdam (politician) (1807–1893), Irish-born politician...
- general, building 30 miles of roads on his own property, much of it macadamized." Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen...
- Lord Loudoun's aides, John Loudon McAdam, invented a new process called macadamizing for building roads that were more durable and less muddy than soil-based...
- road-builder and engineer John Loudon Macadam (1756–1836), inventor of macadamized roads, lived for a while at ****ell House in Townhead. Close by are streets...
- by highway engineers. Improved unpaved roads include gravel roads and macadamized roads.[citation needed] Compared to a gravel road, a dirt road is not...
- the automobile resulted in an increased number traveling on sometimes macadamized, sometimes dirt roads. The destination was usually Miami or Miami Beach...
- the growing traffic levels. Following frequent erosion of the former macadamized Lakes**** Road, a cement road known as the Toronto–Hamilton Highway was...