"Pave" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

To pave is to cover with stones or brick, or other suitable material, so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or foot-passengers, and a sidewalk is paved when lt is laid or flagged with flat stones, as well as when paved with brick, as ls frequently done. In re Phillips, 60 N. Y. 22; Buell v. Ball, 20 Iowa, 282; Harrisburg v. Segelhaum, 151 Pa. 172, 24 Atl. 1070, 20 L R. A. 834

The pavement.

To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so
as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages,
or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other
solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.

Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a
path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an
enterprise.