rafter

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A flock of turkeys.
• A raftsman.

Verb

• To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
• To furnish (a building) with rafters.
• To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.

Origin

• From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.
• raft + -er