cobbles

The Barcelona streets are paved with square cobbles, easily built up into a wall, and under the cobbles is a kind of shingle that is good for filling sand-bags.

Homage to Catalonia 1938

Men were tearing up cobbles from the road and building a rough wall across a gap in the parapet, where a flight of steps goes down to the river.

The Paris Flood of 1910 | Edwardian Promenade 2010

As the night wore thin, Tylar walked from streets lined in cobbles to those simply worn from the natural sandy rock.

Orbit Books Free Sample SciFi Fantasy Book: The Future Is Now 30 | SciFi UK Review 2005

Poor areas were cobbled; upmarket areas were covered in granite setts what many localities call cobbles.

19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads | Carlton Reid 2011

The cobbles are a bit uneven on this one and there are lots of opportunities to try and alleviate some of the vibrations - a little pavement here, a little dirt there, anything to make it a little easier is welcomed.

PezCyclingNews.com 2010

"Around two thirds of the peloton haven't got real experience of these kind of cobbles," said Marc Madiot, a former winner of the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic and current team manager of Francaise des Jeux.

The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

We found the bones of birds and fish in among the cobbles and pebbles.

"You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe..." greygirlbeast 2010

This beach, as I have said before, has many moods, and on Monday it was covered with cobbles and pebbles.

"Back to work," growled the platypus, and the dodo, she agreed. sovay 2009

We found the bones of birds and fish in among the cobbles and pebbles.

"You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe..." greygirlbeast 2010

The small "beach" (all cobbles, no sand) was alive with tiny wolf spiders, so we dubbed it "Spider Cove."

Of Books and the Sea greygirlbeast 2010