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Definition of: telford
(tel′fərd) adjective
Designating a road made of large broken stone packed with smaller pieces, covered with a layer of finely broken stone or gravel, and rolled hard and smooth.
—noun A road having such a surface. [after Thomas Telford, 1757–1834, Scottish engineer]
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