Definition of roughcast

• 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.