rock-faced

American  

[rok-feyst] / ˈrɒkˈfeɪst /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of rock-faced

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Q: I have a home filled with antique oak furniture, eucalyptus hardwood floors and a rock-faced fireplace.

From Seattle Times

Largemouth are fair on islands and rock-faced steep shorelines with spinners and jigs.

From Washington Times

Skilled hikers can tackle rock-faced “Sombrero Peak,” the name locals give Safford Peak.

From Washington Times

The landscape, in its jagged immensity and its brilliant blues and greens, its rock-faced coast and glassy fjord, reminded her and Montazeri of Mazandaran.

From The New Yorker

Juan Carlos "El Tigre" Bonilla, a giant, rock-faced man who was accused by the Honduran police's internal affairs department of murdering civilians, leads a police force regularly accused of running death squads and which experts believe is behind 40 percent of extortions across the country.

From Reuters