roughcasted

Given textured coating

Roughcasted is the past tense of roughcast, meaning to coat walls with a coarse plaster mixed with pebbles or shells.

The technique creates a textured exterior finish common on older buildings: The cottage had been roughcasted in the traditional style.

Figuratively, something roughcasted is sketched out in preliminary form, not yet refined.

coating

stucco

Decorative wall plaster

cement · aggregate · sprayed · textured · exterior · facade · cladding · weatherproof · protective · lime

texture

pebbledash

Wall coating with embedded gravel

coarse · granular · pebbly · gritty · tactile · rustic · rugged · irregular · mottled · knobbly

unfinished

unpolished

Lacking finish or refinement

rudimentary · basic · imperfect · unrefined · sketchy · provisional · undercoat · incomplete · unperfected

Opposites
surface texture/finish

roughcastedpolished

Smooth, refined, accomplished

burnished · stuccoed · glazed · veneered · sleek

degree of refinement/completion

roughcastedfinished

Brought to an end

refined · polished · perfected · completed · finalized

Family

roughcast, roughcasting, roughcasts

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G