Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.

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Examples

  • The resulting digital file was used by the architects to adjust the geometric design in Rhino, while the contractor was at work installing utilities and roughing-in systems.

    Archinect.com Feed 2009

  • Once the block walls start going up, they'll start work on roughing-in the plumbing. "

    Weekend Mixtape 2008

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