Main Entry:

³rough

Function:

noun

Date:

15th century

1: uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones ; specifically : such ground bordering a golf fairway2: the rugged or disagreeable side or aspect <hiking-camping admirers of nature in the rough — Eleanor Stirling>3 a: something in a crude, unfinished, or preliminary state b: broad outline : general terms <the question…has been discussed in rough — Manchester Guardian Weekly> c: a hasty preliminary drawing or layout4: rowdy