n.
   - Brit. a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road.
 - N. Amer. the hard surface of a road or street.
 - Geology  a horizontal expanse of bare rock with cracks or joints:
 a limestone pavement.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., from L. pavimentum ‘trodden down floor’, from pavire ‘beat, tread down’.