Pavement \Pave"ment\, n. [F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum.
See Pave.]
That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of
solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient
surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative
interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.
The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.
--Milton.
Pavement teeth (Zo["o]l.), flattened teeth which in certain
fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side
by side, like tiles in a pavement.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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