Word Meaning

roughcast definition and meaning

v. t. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
v. t. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
v. t. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
n. 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.