ˈrough-casting, vbl. n.
[f. rough-cast v.]
1. The action of coating with rough-cast.
| 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Tectorium, the plaisterynge, pargettynge, or rough castyng of walles. 1611 Cotgr., Crespissement, a pargetting, rough-casting. 1703 R. Neve City & C. Purchaser 236 River-sand is very good for Rough⁓casting of Walls. 1795 W. H. Marshall W. Eng. II. 296 An admirable theory of the operation of roughcasting. 1833 Loudon Encycl. Archit. §529 Roughcasting, or Harling as it is called in Scotland, is a mode of outside finishing well calculated to protect walls from the weather. 1977 S. Wales Echo 18 Jan. (Advt.), Pebble Dashing, Spar Dashing, Rough-casting, all types of Plastering carried out. |
2. concr. = rough-cast n. 2.
| 1703 Art's Improvement i. 8 Of a Serviceable and useful Plaster.., the which they call Rough-casting. 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 380 Rough-casting is an outside finishing cheaper than stucco. 1875 W. M{supc}Ilwraith Guide Wigtownshire 80 On the inside of the walls the plaster still clings here and there,—coarse, however, as modern rough⁓casting. |