macadamization

[Eng. macadamiz (e); -ation.] The act, art, or proce of macadamizing a road. The stone is broken into angular pieces of a uniform size, and, after being laid, is consolidated and leveled by means of heavy rollers. A mode of paving roads introduced by Macadam, the metal or surface stone consisting of pieces of granite, whinstone, limestone, or hard freestone, according to the kind of rock which is acce ible. "Neither the government nor the inhabitants are for a time willing to go to the expense of macadamization ."A. Trollope: Australia , i. 493. măc-ad-am-ize, v . t . [Named after Macadam , the introducer of the system.] To pave. cover, or repair a road by the proce of macadamization (q. v.).