Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Synonyms: balk, baulk, raftman, raftsman

See Also: beam, furnish, provide, render, supply, traveler, traveller

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