·vt To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
II. Gravel ·vt To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
III. Gravel ·vt To check or stop; to Embarrass; to Perplex.
IV. Gravel ·noun Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
V. Gravel ·vt To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
VI. Gravel ·noun A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.