Found 2 items, similar to roughcast.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: roughcast roughcast n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls 2: a rough preliminary model v 1: shape roughly 2: apply roughcast to; “roughcast a wall” 3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; “rough-hew stone or timber” [syn: rough-hew]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Roughcast Roughcast \Rough`cast"\, v. t. 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities. [1913 Webster] 3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building. [1913 Webster] Roughcast \Rough"cast`\, n. 1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]