It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their tribunals in open places, as the Market-place, the circus, or even the highway. Pilate caused his seat of judgment to be set down in a place called "the Pavement" (John 19:13) i.e., a place paved with a mosaic of coloured stones. It was probably a place thus prepared in front of the "judgment hall." (see GABBATHA.)

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) That with which anything is paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.

2. (v. t.) To furnish with a pavement; to pave.