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   roughcast

   /ˈrʌfkɑːst/

   noun

   • 1. plaster of lime, cement, and gravel, used on outside walls.

   adjective

   • 1. (of a building or part of a building) coated with roughcast.
   • 2. (of a person) lacking refinement: "she thought of the roughcast yeomen she would meet"

   verb

   • 1. coat (a wall) with roughcast: "the walls were roughcast as in an underground garage"

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   What is a roughcast pub?

   • It was originally roughcast to imitate masonry and has a modillion eaves cornice. The facade has a roughcast exterior and fluted columns which flank the pedimented entrance. It describes an old pub with a two-storey, two-bay elevation and a roughcast exterior. It described an old pub with a two-storey, two-bay elevation and a roughcast exterior.

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   What is the meaning of roughcast?

   • rough·cast  (rŭf′kăst′) n. 1. A coarse plaster of lime, shells, and pebbles used for outside wall surfaces. 2. A rough preliminary model or form. tr.v.rough·cast, rough·cast·ing, rough·casts 1. To plaster (a wall, for example) with roughcast. 2. To shape or work into a rough or preliminary form. rough′cast′ern.

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   What is roughcasting & how does it work?

   • This coating creates a rough finish because it includes gravel or other aggregate in the mix. Unlike pebble dash, in which small stones are thrown at the wall after the plaster is applied, roughcasting comes in a fully mixed product with a single application process.

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   What is a roughcast building?

   • It is a roughcast building on a rectangular plan with a two-storey house attached. The first floor is close studded with brown roughcast infilling, the ground floor is rebuilt in painted brick. It is built of sandstone, rendered with roughcast lime plaster.

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   The meaning of ROUGHCAST is to plaster with roughcast. How to use roughcast in a sentence.

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   ROUGHCAST definition: 1. a mixture of water, sand, lime, and small stones, used to cover the outside of buildings 2. a…. Learn more.

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   Roughcast definition: an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall.. See examples of ROUGHCAST used in a sentence.

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   1. (Building) a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall. 2. any rough or preliminary form, model, etc. adj. (Building) covered with or denoting roughcast. vb, -casts, -casting or -cast. 3. (Building) to apply roughcast to (a wall, etc) 4. to prepare in rough.

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   noun. 1. a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall. 2. any rough or preliminary form, model, etc. adjective. 3. covered with or denoting roughcast.

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   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.

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   roughcast meaning: 1. a mixture of water, sand, lime, and small stones, used to cover the outside of buildings 2. a…. Learn more.