roughcast Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
  2. noun a rough preliminary model
  3. verb shape roughly
  4. verb apply roughcast to
    • roughcast a wall
  5. verb hew roughly, without finishing the surface
    rough-hew.
    • rough-hew stone or timber

WordNet

Rough`cast" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. Dryden.
  2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
  3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
Rough"cast` noun
Definitions
  1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
  2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak.

Webster 1913