In the first place, if it is the roughness and unevenness that is the only defect, this may be remedied by the use of a large, heavy roller with steel spikes in its rolling wheels.
"The Future of Road-making in America"
Archer Butler Hulbert
Now he often fell as he went, for his feet lagged and caught in every unevenness of the ground.
"In the Brooding Wild"
Ridgwell Cullum
Suddenly the dogs, which had been keeping alongside us, dashed forward, just at the moment that we, from the unevenness of the ground, were compelled to pull up.
"With Axe and Rifle"
W.H.G. Kingston