rock-faced

[rok-feyst]

adjective

1. (of a person) having a stiff, expressionless face.

2. having a rocky surface.

3. Masonry.,  noting a stone or stonework the visible face of which is dressed with a hammer, with or without a chiseled draft at the edges; quarry-faced.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rock-faced¹

First recorded in 1940–45