rough-dry

American  

[ruhf-drahy] / ˈrʌfˈdraɪ /

Or roughdry

verb (used with object)

rough-dried, rough-drying

1. to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.

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adjective

1. (of laundered clothes, sheets, etc.) dried but not ironed.

rough-dry British  

adjective

1. (of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing

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verb

1. (tr) to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing

Etymology

Origin of rough-dry

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Judy gathered up the stiff, rough-dry garments that had been hanging on the heater all night, while Molly found tossed in a corner the mate to the fatal slipper.

From Molly Brown's Junior Days by Speed, Nell

She insisted on having every piece that moment—clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

It is advisable, too, to put not-to-be-used damask away rough-dry, otherwise it may crack, in the folds.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)

So she had determined to use her bed-linen and underclothing rough-dry.

From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion

Pushing her aside, he seized the iron and ran it in a few hasty strokes over the rough-dry garment which she had spread on the board.

From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson