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Definition of Rafters

Rafter
Rafter Raft"er, n. A raftsman.
Rafter
Rafter Raft"er, n. [AS. r[ae]fter; akin to E. raft, n. See Raft.] (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. of Queen-post. [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton.
Rafter
Rafter Raft"er, v. t. 1. To make into rafters, as timber. 2. To furnish with rafters, as a house. 3. (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]

Meaning of Rafters from wikipedia

- ****ociated loads. A pair of rafters is called a couple. In home construction, rafters are normally made of wood. Exposed rafters are a feature of some traditional...
- sixth series of Packed to the Rafters would be the last, with Hugh Sheridan stating, "It's emotional letting go of Rafters – for all of us. It was such...
- Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28 December 1972) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He reached the top ****ociation of Tennis Professionals...
- the tongue. The square has many uses, including laying out common rafters, hip rafters and stairs. It has a diagonal scale, board foot scale and an octagonal...
- Sir Charles Haughton Rafter KBE KPM (1860 – 23 August 1935) was a British police officer who served as Chief Constable of the Birmingham City Police from...
- Spoon and Rafter is the fourth album by the British country rock-folk group Mojave 3, released on 22 September 2003 in the UK, and a day later in the US...
- in May 2022 that they would be releasing the Back To The Rafters on DVD. Back to the Rafters was positively received by critics and fans. In a review...
- the role of Lisa Duffy. She went on to play Sammy Rafter in the television series Packed to the Rafters. In 2009, McNamee was a contestant on the ninth...
- court named in honour Patrick Rafter Surprise Rafters, a baseball team of Surprise, Arizona, U.S. Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, a baseball team of Wisconsin...
- support the mid-span of rafters and are supported by posts. By supporting the rafters they allow longer spans than the rafters alone could span, thus allowing...