roughcast

American  

[ruhf-kast, -kahst] / ˈrʌfˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

noun

1. Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall.

2. a crudely formed pattern or model.

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verb (used with object)

roughcast, roughcasting

1. to cover or coat with roughcast.

2. to make, shape, or prepare in a rough form.

   to roughcast a story.

roughcast British  

/ ˈrʌfˌkɑːst /

noun

1. a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall

2. any rough or preliminary form, model, etc

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adjective

1. covered with or denoting roughcast

verb

1. to apply roughcast to (a wall, etc)

2. to prepare in rough

3. (tr) another word for rough-hew

Other Word Forms

• roughcaster
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of roughcast

First recorded in 1510–20; rough + cast

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Example Sentences

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roughcast

The roughcast yellow walls of the 17th-century home near the German border, where the future Fuehrer was born on April 20, 1889, have been whitewashed over by the Austrian architecture firm Marte.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

A roughcast fireplace addition in Vienna, Ms. Robertson said, amounts to “a little bit of Scotland clinging to a Viennese cottage-style villa.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2014

The tile-roofed, many-gabled single-family houses have roughcast beige exteriors, carefully tended gardens and little fences around every yard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oscar Hammerstein II, a bulky man with a friendly, roughcast face, kept his bright blue eyes fixed on the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down roughcast, down dazzling whitewash, | wherever an elm    arches, Shivelights and shadowtackle in long | lashes lace, lance, and pair.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges

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