rough-dressed

adj

adj

Of building stone, not smooth, uncut.

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.1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 251:

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