'To rough it' definitions:

Definition of 'To rough it'

From: GCIDE
  • Rough \Rough\, v. t.
  • 1. To render rough; to roughen. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. --Crabb. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. [1913 Webster]
  • Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.
  • To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts. [1913 Webster]