paviour

English

Noun

paviour (plural paviours)

1. Alternative form of pavior.
   • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 238:

     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.