About The Word Rafter
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Rafter
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What's The Definition Of Rafter?
[n] one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
[n] someone who travels by raft [v] provide with rafters, as of ceilings Synonyms | Synonyms for Rafter: balk | baulk | raftman | raftsman Related Terms | Find terms related to Rafter: See Also | beam | furnish | provide | render | supply | traveler | traveller Rafter In Webster's Dictionary \Raft"er\, n.
A raftsman.
\Raft"er\, n. [AS. r[ae]fter; akin to E. raft, n. See {Raft}.] (Arch.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of {Queen-post}. [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton. \Raft"er\, v. t. 1. To make into rafters, as timber. 2. To furnish with rafters, as a house. 3. (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.] |
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