A few days ago
oops

why are metalled roads called so?

why are metalled roads called so?

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A few days ago
oldguy

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_(material)

has a short section on metaling and includes the following:

“The word metal is derived from the Latin metallum, which means both “mine” and “quarry”, hence the roadbuilding terminology.”

See also the earlier question:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060917093829AAkcgY6

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