- A coarse plaster of lime, shells, and pebbles used for outside wall surfaces.
- A rough preliminary model or form.
- To plaster (a wall, for example) with roughcast.
- To shape or work into a rough or preliminary form.
Dictionary:
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
Meaning #2:
a rough preliminary model
The verb roughcast has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
shape roughly
Meaning #2:
apply roughcast to (as of a wall)
Meaning #3:
hew roughly, without finishing the surface
Synonym: rough-hew
| roughhew | |
| bell-cast (architecture) | |
| rural architecture (architecture) |
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