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Rafter

//ˈɹɑːftə(ɹ)// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

    "[…] the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters"

  2. 2
    A raftsman.
  3. 3
    one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof wordnet
  4. 4
    A flock of turkeys. collective
  5. 5
    someone who travels by raft wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make (timber, etc.) into rafters. transitive
  2. 2
    provide (a ceiling) with rafters wordnet
  3. 3
    To furnish (a building) with rafters. transitive
  4. 4
    To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge. UK

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.

Etymology 2

From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.

Etymology 3

From raft + -er.

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