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Roughcast

//ˈɹʌfkæst// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unpolished.

    "A brilliant blaze, kindled with dry wood, enlightened the whole interior of this fresh looking, roughcast, timbered apartment."

Noun
  1. 1
    A crude model. countable, uncountable

    "The whole piece […]seems […]a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do."

  2. 2
    a rough preliminary model wordnet
  3. 3
    A rough surface finish, as of a plaster or stucco wall. countable, uncountable

    "The branches met overhead in a kind of bower and the three cops stood in the shade and studied the roughcast gable of the cottage, maybe fifty yards on up the hill."

  4. 4
    a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls wordnet
  5. 5
    A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish. transitive

    "This rough cast unhewn poetry was instead of stage plays for 120 years"

  2. 2
    hew roughly, without finishing the surface wordnet
  3. 3
    To apply a roughcast finish to.

    "to roughcast a wall or building"

  4. 4
    apply roughcast to wordnet
  5. 5
    shape roughly wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rough + cast.

Etymology 2

From rough + cast.

Etymology 3

From rough + cast.

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