Thesaurus: rafter

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1. n. A raftsman.
2. n. 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.
3. v. t. To make into rafters, as timber.
4. v. t. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
5. v. t. To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
6. n. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
7. n. someone who travels by raft
8. v. provide (a ceiling) with rafters
9. A raftsman. 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. 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.]
10. n:100 n. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof v. provide (a ceiling) with rafters