Definition of Rough drawing

1. Noun. A preliminary sketch of a design or picture.

Exact synonyms: Draft
Generic synonyms: Sketch, Study
Derivative terms: Draft

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough Drawing

rough-stemmed goldenrod
rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum
rough-textured
rough and ready
rough and tumble
rough and tumbles
rough around the edges
rough bindweed
rough breathing
rough breathings
rough collie
rough colony
rough cut
rough diamond
rough drawing (current term)
rough endoplasmic reticulum
rough fish
rough green snake
rough horsetail
rough horsetails
rough house
rough in
rough line
rough microsome
rough out
rough pea
rough sledding
rough strain

Literary usage of Rough drawing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Easy Star Lessons by Richard Anthony Proctor (1882)
"... is copied from the very rough drawing of the Arabian astronomers, except that the stars are represented a little more clearly than in their drawing. ..."

2. Standard Practical Plumbing: Being a Complete Encyclopædia for Practical by Philip John Davies (1896)
"588 Give a rough drawing of a three and it two sheave pulley block with fall properly rigged up ... ... 604 Give me the ureal contents of a right-angled ..."

3. Collecting Water Revenues: Methods of the Bureau of Water Register (1909)
"First a rough drawing was made, as shown on the upper por- Method of tion of ... This rough drawing shows the depth of the charges, building as 90 ft. ..."

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