Advertisement
Advertisement
roughcast
[ruhf-kast, -kahst]
noun
Also called spatter dash.an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall.
a crudely formed pattern or model.
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with roughcast.
to make, shape, or prepare in a rough form.
to roughcast a story.
roughcast
/ ˈʌˌɑː /
noun
a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall
any rough or preliminary form, model, etc
adjective
covered with or denoting roughcast
verb
to apply roughcast to (a wall, etc)
to prepare in rough
(tr) another word for rough-hew
Other Word Forms
- roughcaster noun
- ˈdzܲˌٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of roughcast1
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.”
The store had a high, sharp gable to the street, and showed its timbers through the roughcast of its wall, which was sprinkled with broken glass that glistened in the sun.
If we look at his native towardliness in the roughcast, without breeding, some nation or p. 6other may haply be better composed to a natural civility and right judgment than he.
The wall between the garden and hemp-field was roughcast with lime and pebbles.
For he really looked, when well examined, like all the virtues done in roughcast.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
