roughout

See also: rough out

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase rough out.

Noun

roughout (plural roughouts)

  1. Anything that has been roughed out
    • 2015 July 11, “The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131127:
      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.
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