coarse wall covering made of mortar mixed with pebbles
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Roughcast Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
(v. t.)
To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
(v. t.)
To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
(n.)
A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
(n.)
A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
roughcast
\rough`cast"\ (?), v. t.
1. to form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
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.
roughcast
\rough"cast`\, n. 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.
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 (as of a wall)
3. hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" [syn: rough-hew]
Noun
1. a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
(hypernym) plaster
2. a rough preliminary model
(hypernym) model, simulation
(derivation) rough-hew
Verb
1. shape roughly
(hypernym) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
2. apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"
(hypernym) plaster, daub
3. hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber"
(synonym) rough-hew
(hypernym) hew, hew out
Roughcast Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Roughcast or pebbledash is a coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel, and often pebbles or shells. The materials are mixed into a slurry and are then thrown at the working surface with a trowel or scoop. The idea is to maintain an even spread, free from lumps, ridges or runs and without missing any background. Roughcasting incorporates the stones in the mix whereas pebbledashing adds them on top.
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