different between rafter vs hafter

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????ft?(?)/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /??æft??/

Noun

rafter (plural rafters)

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. A flock of turkeys.

Translations

Verb

rafter (third-person singular simple present rafters, present participle raftering, simple past and past participle raftered)

1. (transitive) To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
2. (transitive) To furnish (a building) with rafters.
3. (Britain, agriculture) To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.

References

Etymology 2

raft +? -er

Noun

rafter (plural rafters)

1. A raftsman.

Anagrams

• Frater, farter, frater

English

Etymology

German haften (“to cling or stick to”), and English haffle.

Noun

hafter (plural hafters)

1. (obsolete) A caviler; a wrangler.

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Preposition

hafter

1. Pronunciation spelling of after.

Contraction

hafter

1. (informal) Contraction of have to.

Anagrams

• Father, afther, fareth, father, trefah