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paviour

paviour is the alternative form of pavior.

Meaning of pavior

Noun

pavior (plural paviors)

  1. A person who lays paving slabs.
    • [T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; […]1778 April 3, “Appendix. Report from the Committee on the State of the Pavements, &c. in the Streets of Dublin”, in The Journals of the House of Commons, of the Kingdom of Ireland, […], volume XX...
  2. A brick or slab used for paving.
  3. (obsolete) A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs.

Forms of paviour

pluralpaviours

Questions about paviour

What is paviour the alternative form of?
Paviour is the alternative form of pavior.

Words near paviour in the dictionary

  1. pavingstones
  2. pavins
  3. pavior
  4. paviors
  5. Paviotso
  6. paviour
  7. paviours
  8. pavis
  9. pavisade
  10. pavisades
  11. pavise

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