roughout

See also: rough out

English

Etymology

Deverbal from rough out.

Noun

roughout (plural roughouts)

1. The process of roughing out; anything that has been thus roughed out.
   • 2015 July 11, “The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We distinguish three types of flakes that reflect the principal changes of the state of the shaped tool, from the unworked raw material volume to the finished tool, passing through the roughout and preform phases.

Related terms

• roughing mill