a. [ After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road engineer. ] Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Telfordized p. pr. & vb. n. Telfordizing ] To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]