On 10 May 2015 at 15:34, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> On 10 May 2015 at 13:19, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > pebblestones is a road surface where pebbles are set in sand or mortar
> (?)
> > and is typically seen in old cities. Example:
> > http://mapillary.com/map/im/2KnVHcwLqcyy6Qis4iWF1Q
>
> In British English, those are cobbles or cobblestinoes:
>


Those are pebbles - or pebblestone

Cobbles are rounded and difficult to walk on
<http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/coronation-street-new-set-health-hazard-stars-keep-tripping-new-cobbles/>
esp. when wet

Then there's setts <http://www.dcrainmaker.com/images/2013/01/IMG_9827.jpg>
- squarer blocks



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