Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In building, one of the beams which give the slope of a roof, and to which is secured the lath or other framework upon which the slate or other outer covering is nailed.
- noun Same as
carline , 2. - noun In anatomy, a trabecule or trabeculum: as, the rafters of the embryonic skull.
- noun One who is employed in rafting timber, or transporting it in rafts, as from a ship to the shore.
- To form into or like rafters: as, to
rafter timber. - To furnish or build with rafters: as, to
rafter a house. - In agriculture, to plow, as a piece of land, by turning the grass side of the plowed furrow on a strip of ground left unplowed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See
Illust. ofqueen-post . - transitive verb To make into rafters, as timber.
- transitive verb To furnish with rafters, as a house.
- transitive verb (Agric.), engraving To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
- noun A raftsman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of a series of
sloped beams that extend from theridge or hip to the downslopeperimeter oreave , designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. - noun
flock ofturkeys - verb transitive To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
- verb transitive To furnish (a building) with rafters.
- verb UK, agriculture To
plough so as to turn thegrass side of eachfurrow upon an unploughedridge ; toridge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide (a ceiling) with rafters
- noun one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- noun someone who travels by raft
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are no walls up here, just chunky rafters and a roof overhead (one rafter is inscribed with "2007," the year the truss system was built).
A riverfront retreat, built with the long view Nancy McKeon 2010
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Love the end of the pool .... very cool! kast on 03 Feb 2009 at 5: 58 pm # the steel beams and rafter is nice. its give an attractive visual point for me.
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A huge man in rafter's dress, with a long pole, suddenly came from behind a tree.
Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted Cicely Hauff McDonnell 1903
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The very stones of thy palace built by rapine shall testify against thee (Lu 19: 40). the beam out of the timber -- the crossbeam or main rafter connecting the timbers in the walls. shall answer it -- namely, the stone.
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I kept shooing her over the fence, thinking I was helping her to meet up with the flock (or "rafter") down the road.
Naomi Starkman: For The Love Of Turkeys: A Real Thanksgiving 2009
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I kept shooing her over the fence, thinking I was helping her to meet up with the flock (or "rafter") down the road.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Naomi Starkman 2009
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I have been pummeled by blind nuns in Costa Rica, trammeled by a galloping male masseur hanging from a rafter in China, I've been to strange shady little strip mall parlors and glam spas that gave me cucumber water.
Kirsten Dixon: Meditating On The Chopra Center Kirsten Dixon 2011
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Fortunately I built an octagon house to slip through the wind and to withstand it with integral shear walls, thick and wide earthquake foundation footers, hurricane rafter ties, a 140 mph roof and a backup generator.
Stephen Herrington: Swarm of the Black Swans Stephen Herrington 2011
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Fortunately I built an octagon house to slip through the wind and to withstand it with integral shear walls, thick and wide earthquake foundation footers, hurricane rafter ties, a 140 mph roof and a backup generator.
Stephen Herrington: Swarm of the Black Swans Stephen Herrington 2011
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Brock's method, as explained in a voice-over in his online tutorial, was to climb away from opponents and hide along a rafter.
Videogamers Embark on Nonkilling Spree Conor Dougherty 2012
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