roughcast

noun

A coarse plaster of lime, shells, and pebbles used for outside wall surfaces.

noun

A rough preliminary model or form.

transitive verb

To plaster (a wall, for example) with roughcast.

transitive verb

To shape or work into a rough or preliminary form.

To form roughly or crudely; compose or shape in a rudimental manner; block out in the rough: as, to rough-cast a model; to rough-cast a story or an essay.

To cover with a coarse semi-fluid plaster by casting or throwing it: as, to rough-cast a wall. See the noun.

noun

A kind of plastering for an external wall, composed of an almost fluid mixture of clean gravel and lime, dashed on the wall, to which it adheres.

transitive verb

To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

transitive verb

To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.

transitive verb

To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles.