Gravel

What “Gravel” means

Noun

1. Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
2. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
3. A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
4. Kidney stones, or nephrolithiasis
5. A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.

Verb

1. To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
2. To puzzle or annoy.
3. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to (cause to) be grounded in gravel or sand.
4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel or similar material lodged between the shoe and foot.
5. To prostrate; to beat to the ground.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English gravel, grauel, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave (“gravel, seashore”), from Medieval Latin grava, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grāwā (“gravel, pebbles”) (compare Breton groa, Cornish grow, Welsh gro), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”). Compare also Old English græfa (“coal”).

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• Construction Sand and Gravel Mining