'Rafter' definitions:
Definition of 'rafter'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Rafter'
From: GCIDE
- Rafter \Raft"er\ (r[.a]ft"[~e]r), n. A raftsman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rafter'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rafter'
From: GCIDE
- Rafter \Raft"er\, v. t.
- 1. To make into rafters, as timber. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To furnish with rafters, as a house. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rafter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angle rafter,
- balk,
- batten,
- boom,
- box girder,
- breastsummer,
- corbel,
- crossbeam,
- crosstie,
- footing beam,
- girder,
- H beam,
- hammer beam,
- hip rafter,
- I beam,
- joist,
- lattice girder,
- lintel,
- plate girder,
- ridge strut,
- ridgepole,
- sill,
- sleeper,
- sprit,
- stringpiece,
- strut,
- stud,
- studding,
- summer,
- summertree,
- tie,
- tie beam,
- transom,
- transverse,
- trave,
- traverse,
- truss,
- truss beam