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

Etymology

Origin of roughcast

First recorded in 1510–20; rough + cast

Example Sentences

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

There are no roughcast iron men on Michigan's 1947 squad.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's on the green a-middle of the town, a-standin' by the state-house—a long, roughcast house in the corner, three stories high, with two doors; the door next the state-house is his office.

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred

Related Words

• coating
• layer