rafter

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: balkbaulkraftsmanraftman

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roofSynonyms: balkbaulk
  2. someone who travels by raftSynonyms: raftsmanraftman

Verb (1)

  1. provide (a ceiling) with rafters
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rafter \Raft"er\, v. t.

1.To make into rafters, as timber. [1913 Webster]

2.To furnish with rafters, as a house. [1913 Webster]

3.(Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Rafter \Raft"er\ (r[.a]ft"[~e]r), n. A raftsman. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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