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rafter |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rafter \Raft"er\, n. A raftsman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rafter \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rafter \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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rafter n : one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: {balk}, {baulk}] v : provide with rafters, as of ceilings
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