telford

adjective

1. noting a form of road pavement composed of compacted and rolled stones of various sizes.

noun

1. a town in W central England, in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire: designated a new town in 1963. Pop: 138 241 (2001)

noun

1. Thomas. 1757–1834, Scottish civil engineer, known esp for his roads and such bridges as the Menai suspension bridge (1825)