paving
/ˈpeɪvɪŋ/ noun B2- The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.
- Interior pavement, as in a cathedral.
Plural pavings
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Bertuccio planted an entirely bare court with poplars, large spreading sycamores to shade the different parts of the house, and in the foreground, instead of the usual paving-stones, half hidden by the grass, there extended a lawn but that morning laid down, and upon which the water was yet glistening.
For the rest, the orders had been issued by the count; he himself had given a plan to Bertuccio, marking the spot where each tree was to be planted, and the shape and extent of the lawn which was to take the place of the paving-stones.
Modern society continues to navigate the profound social transformations and enduring geographical consequences initiated by those very first powerful paving machines.
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