2 entries under this word

Rafter

Rāft’er, n.

noun

n. [A-S. rāfter, D. rafter. See RAFT.] A roof-timber; a piece of timber that extends from the plate of a building to or toward the ridge, and serves to support the covering of the roof.

*In lowly sheds With smoky rafters. Milton.*

Rāft'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To make into or like a rafter, as timber.

To furnish with rafters, as a house.
(Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]