rock-faced

[ rok-feyst ]
/ ˈrɒkˈfeɪst /

adjective

(of a person) having a stiff, expressionless face.
having a rocky surface.
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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Origin of rock-faced

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby rock-faced

rock-a-bye, rock-and-roll, rock-bottom, rock-bound, rock-eel, rock-faced, rock-fill dam, rock-ribbed, rock-shelter, rockabilly, rockall
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Example sentences from the Web for rock-faced

  • She has a devil of shrewdness for a father; a rock-faced man, of few words, with eyes on everything.

    Captain Ravenshaw|Robert Neilson Stephens

  • A lady did put her head out; not Jehane, but a rock-faced matron of vast proportions with grey hair plastered to her cheeks.

    The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett

  • Again, as at Grand Rapids, where the banks were rock-faced and sheer, the canoes would run merrily in swift-flowing waters.

    The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay|Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

  • They passed along the street, turned, made their way down the rock-faced bluff to the water front; but still they were alone.

    The Magnificent Adventure|Emerson Hough