Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A species of plumb-level used in the construction of roads.
  • noun A level surface; a surface such that no work is gained or lost by any displacement of a particle remaining within the surface; an equipotential surface.

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Examples

  • Delia, with a quick glance to left and right, lowered the perambulator to the road-level and forged ahead.

    While Caroline Was Growing Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon 1918

  • After we got down from the glacier, we made a last stop to inflate the tires back to road-level (22-27psi) - and head home.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2010

  • The station is set some 70 feet (20m) below the elevation of its road-level access point; stairs and a lift are provided.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • It was hard to watch the road-level snow finally fade away.

    Up in Alaska 2009

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