"pitch-faced" meaning in English

See pitch-faced in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more pitch-faced [comparative], most pitch-faced [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} pitch-faced (comparative more pitch-faced, superlative most pitch-faced)
  1. (stone-cutting) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.

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