raft

an inflatable life raft

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • Image:Life raft.jpg|thumb|an inflatable life raft
  • Image:Floss.jpg|thumb|a wooden raft
  • Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep-. See also Norwegian raft, Danish raft. Compare also Albanian trap.
  • Alteration of raff.

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