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rafter

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

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rafte

English

Verb

rafte

  1. (obsolete) past participle of reave
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Anagrams

  • after, after-, aftre, frate, freat, freta, trafe

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