Meaning of RAFTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'raftur
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- [n] one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- [n] someone who travels by raft
- [v] provide with rafters, as of ceilings
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| | Synonyms: | | balk, baulk, raftman, raftsman |
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| | See Also: | | beam, furnish, provide, render, supply, traveler, traveller | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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