Meanings
nounpaviour (plural paviours)
plural paviours
- alternativeAlternative form of pavior.
The ground beneath her feet is extraordinarily smooth, as near as cobble-stones can get to parquetry; she imagines an army of paviours patiently completing it like a jigsaw puzzle while the placid citizens look on.
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 238
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