rafter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rafter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rafter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rafter n one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof Synonym(s): rafter, balk, baulk someone who travels by raft Synonym(s): raftsman, raftman, rafter v provide (a ceiling) with rafters
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[91]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.]