graveling


grav·el

G0239400 (grăv′əl)n.1. An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.2. Medicine The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.tr.v. grav·eled, grav·el·ing, grav·els or grav·elled or grav·el·ling 1. To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.2. To confuse; perplex.3. Informal To irritate.
[Middle English, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave, pebbly shore, of Celtic origin.]