Pavior
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who lays paving slabs.
"[T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; […]"
- 2 a machine for laying pavement wordnet
- 3 A brick or slab used for paving.
- 4 A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs. obsolete
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"[T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; […]"
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman paviour, from pavier (“to pave”).