Definition of Roughcast. Meaning of Roughcast. Synonyms of Roughcast

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Definition of Roughcast

Roughcast
Roughcast Rough`cast", v. t. 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.
Roughcast
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. --Shak.

Meaning of Roughcast from wikipedia

- Roughcast or pebbledash is a durable co**** plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel...
- as the preferred building material, finishing the outside walls in a roughcast plaster. Following in the footsteps and adhering to principles first exposed...
- the Old French pargeter or parjeter, to throw about, or porgeter, to roughcast a wall. However, the term is more usually applied only to the decoration...
- finished product commonly known as "rock dash", "pebble dash", or also as roughcast if the stones are incorporated directly into the stucco, used mainly from...
- "cement" material was called "roughcast" and was a well-known material in England used to cover the exterior of buildings. Roughcast was a suggested building...
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- other buildings but not without reason. Loos built his buildings with roughcast walls and used the stucco to form a protective skin over the bricks. Loos...
- structures Megaproject Megastructure Plasterwork Damp Proofing Parge coat Roughcast Harling Real estate development Stonemasonry Sustainability in construction...
- 18th-century folly tower in the grounds. It is built in three storeys of roughcast brick with ashlar dressing and a hipped slate roof. The layout is H-shaped...
- structures Megaproject Megastructure Plasterwork Damp Proofing Parge coat Roughcast Harling Real estate development Stonemasonry Sustainability in construction...