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rough-dressed

rough-dressed adjective: of building stone, not smooth, uncut.

Adjective

rough-dressed (not comparable)

  1. Of building stone, not smooth, uncut.
    • Beyond the junction for the Meltham branch the Penistone line comes to Lockwood Viaduct, which carries the track 122 ft. above the River Holme. [...] The first stone was laid on April 20, 1846, and 30,000 cu. yds. of rough-dressed stone went into its construction.1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 251

Questions about rough-dressed

What does rough-dressed mean?
Rough-dressed means of building stone, not smooth, uncut.
What part of speech is rough-dressed?
Rough-dressed is an adjective.

Words near rough-dressed in the dictionary

  1. rough-books
  2. rough-draw
  3. rough-drawing
  4. rough-drawn
  5. rough-draws
  6. rough-dressed
  7. rough-drew
  8. rough-dry
  9. rough-edged
  10. rough-footed
  11. rough-footed mud turtle

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