Rafter /(rȧft"ẽr)/

Raft·er

Rafter

n.
  1. A raftsman.

Rafter

n.
  1. 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. (Arch.)
    [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls.

Rafter

v. t.
  1. To make into rafters, as timber.
  2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
  3. To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. (Agric.) [Eng.]