The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time
banishment into the country temporary dismissal of a student from a university the action of retiring to and living in the country the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
{i} act of rusticating; act of living in a rural area; temporary suspension from a university (British); roughly-cut bricks or stones used in a wall covering
In architecture, decorative masonry achieved by cutting back the edges of stones to a plane surface while leaving the central portion of the face either rough or projecting markedly. Rustication provides a rich, bold surface for exterior walls. It was used as early as the 6th century BC in the tomb of Cyrus the Great. Italian early Renaissance architects used rustication to decorate palaces. In the Mannerist (late Renaissance) and Baroque periods, rustication assumed great importance in garden and villa design. Fantastic surfaces were achieved, as in vermiculated work, in which the surface is covered with wavy, serpentine patterns or vertical, dribbled forms
lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country" as of stone, to give it a rustic look send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad bahavior" live in the country and lead a rustic life