Word Meanings - WEATHERPROOF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Proof against rough weather.

• Roughsetter
  A mason who builds rough stonework.
• Weatherboarding
  The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
• ROUGHGRAINED
  Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
• Rough-footed
  Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.
• Roughshod
  Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.
• Weather-bound
  Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
• ROUGHINGIN
  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
• Rough-grained
  Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
• Roughstrings
  Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
• Weathercock
  A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
• ROUGHLEGGED
  Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. (Zoöl.) See Roughleg.
• Againstand
  To withstand.
• Roughhead
  The redfin.
• Weather-driven
  Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
• WEATHERBEATEN
  Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. Shak.
• Roughhew
  To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.

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