rough cut

1. 1.

   the first print of a movie after preliminary editing

   Broadermovie

Questions about rough cut

What does rough cut mean?

rough cut means "the first print of a movie after preliminary editing".

Is rough cut a common word?

rough cut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.