rough-dry

or rough·dry

[ ruhf-drahy ]

verb (used with object)

, rough-dried, rough-dry·ing.

1. to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.

adjective

1. (of laundered clothes, sheets, etc.) dried but not ironed.

rough-dry

adjective

1. (of clothes or linen) dried ready for pressing

verb

1. tr to dry (clothes or linen) without smoothing or pressing

Word History and Origins

Origin of rough-dry¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

There's the clothes in the basket under the table downstairsyou might begin to iron 'em; they're only rough dry.

From Project Gutenberg

They are put on rough-dry in the morning, and so worn until they are considered dirty enough for another purification.

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In the nearest cabin to the right some rough dry grass had been stored as if for the bedding of an animal.

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So she had determined to use her bed-linen and underclothing rough-dry.

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She insisted on having every piece that moment—clean or dirty, ironed or rough-dry.

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