rough-dressed
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]rough-dressed (not comparable)
- Of building stone, not smooth, uncut.
- 1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 251:
- 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.