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road metal

noun

, British.
  1. broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.


road metal

noun

  1. crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used to construct a road
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of road metal1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences

These were heterodox opinions, indeed, which South-eastern London could only receive with a strenuous counterblast of orthodox brickbats and sound Anglican road metal.

It is much used too for lime and road metal.

Red blood in that lump of road metal!

The stones have been taken for road metal, the earth to lay on the land.

If the road metal be of soft material which wears easily, it will require constant supervision and small repairs whenever a rut or depression may appear.

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