Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Bitumen: as, “hellebore and black bitume,”
  • To cover or besmear with bitumen; bituminate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Poetic Bitumen.

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  • noun poetic, obsolete bitumen

Etymologies

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French bitume

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Examples

  • And just to give us a preview, Tariq Ramadan, the official voice of "moderate Islam", whose refused visa to the US generated outrage during the Bush Administration, has told women, "they should" garder toujours les yeux fixés sur le bitume "(keep their eyes fixed on the pavement)" when walking down the street.

    Sultan Knish 2009

  • Ce tronçon, sur lequel s’effectuera le défilé, revêt une nouvelle couche de bitume.

    Global Voices in English » DRC: Goma’s Makeover for Independence Day 2009

  • _bitumen ( "bitume fort gluant") _, with which they began at once to build, &c.

    Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor

  • Petits éclats de verre sertis dans le bitume et qui m’éblouissent alors que je marche, admirant les nouvelles barrières censées rendre la tâche plus dure à ceux qui voudraient sauter.

    2005 January — Climb to the Stars 2005

  • Petits éclats de verre sertis dans le bitume et qui m’éblouissent alors que je marche, admirant les nouvelles barrières censées rendre la tâche plus dure à ceux qui voudraient sauter.

    Les diamants du Pont Bessières — Climb to the Stars 2005

  • "garder toujours les yeux fixés sur le bitume" (keep their eyes fixed on the pavement).

    Harry's Place 2009

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