different between rafter vs wafter

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?ft?(?)/

Etymology 1

Alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard”), from wachten (“to guard”).

Noun

wafter (plural wafters)

1. (obsolete) Armed convoy or escort ship
2. (obsolete) An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.

Etymology 2

waft +? -er.

Noun

wafter (plural wafters)

1. One who, or that which, wafts.

   • Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane.