weather-beaten

Adjective
Synonyms: weatherwornweathered

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. tanned and coarsened from being outdoors“a weather-beaten face”Opposite tenderSimilar tough, toughened
  2. worn by exposure to the weather“a house of weathered shingles”Synonyms: weatherwornweatheredOpposite newSimilar worn
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Weath′er-beat′en adjective

Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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