crazy paving

noun

crazy paving

noun
1

Usually Paving with pieces of irregular size and shape that fit together and (approximately) cover the surface.

  • crazy-paving pattern
  • On the legs the changes are more marked and appear as a crazy-paving pattern.2012, Karl F. Schaller, Colour Atlas of Tropical Dermatology and Venerology, page 13-64:
2 more examples
  • The convoy was proceeding down the dry, cracked crazy-paving riverbed of the Gomatum.2012 -, Jeff Dawson, Dead Reckoning, →ISBN:
  • Mine in particular was this: I had to dig up a crazy-paving path out of the frozen earth and lay it again one yard further on.2014, Eric Scott, I Could Have Been a Contender: Memoirs of a Black Sheep, →ISBN:
Related terms
crazy quilt

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