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Webster 1913 Edition
Rafter
Raft′er
(rȧft′ẽr)
, Noun.
A raftsman.
Raft′er
,Noun.
(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
With smoky
rafters
, than in tapestry halls. Milton.
Raft′er
,Verb.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Rafter
R'AFTER
,Noun.
A roof timber; a piece of timber that extends from the plate of a building to the ridge and serves to support the covering of the roof.