Rafter Definition

răftər
rafters
noun
rafters
A person who rafts.
Webster's New World
Any of the boards or planks that slope from the ridge of a roof to the eaves and serve to support the roof.
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verb
To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
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To furnish (a building) with rafters.
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(UK, agriculture) To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Rafter

Noun

Singular:
rafter
Plural:
rafters

Origin of Rafter

  • Old English ræfter. Cognate with "raft".

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English ræfter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • raft +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

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