Found 4 items, similar to rafter.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: raft rakit
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rafter rusuk
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rafter rafter n 1: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: balk, baulk] 2: someone who travels by raft [syn: raftsman, raftman] v : provide (a ceiling) with rafters
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rafter Rafter \Raft"er\ (r[.a]ft"[~e]r), n. A raftsman. [1913 Webster] 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] 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]