different between rafter vs rapter

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

Noun

rapter (plural rapters)

1. Obsolete form of raptor.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 10 p. 3[1]:

     […] chaste Winifrid: who chose

     Before her mayden-gem she forcibly would lose,

     To have her harmlesse life by the leud Rapter spilt:

Anagrams

• Prater, parter, prater, repart, retrap

Latin

Verb

rapter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rapt?