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rafter
1[ raf-ter, rahf- ]
noun
- any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
verb (used with object)
- British Dialect. to plow (a field) so that the soil of a furrow is pushed over onto an unplowed adjacent strip.
rafter
2[ raf-ter, rahf- ]
rafter
3[ raf-ter, rahf- ]
noun
- a flock, especially of turkeys.
rafter
/ ˈrɑːftə /
noun
- any one of a set of sloping beams that form the framework of a roof
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- raf·tered adjective
- un·raf·tered adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rafter1
First recorded before 900; Middle English rafter, raftre, ræfter “beam, pole, rafter,” Old English ræfter; cognate with Middle Dutch rachter, rafter “plank, beam,” Middle Low German rafter, rachter, Old Norse raptr “log” (in plural, “rafters”); See raft 1
Origin of rafter2
First recorded in 1740–45; raft 1( def ) + -er 1( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rafter1
Old English ræfter ; related to Old Saxon rehter , Old Norse raptr , Old High German rāvo ; see raft 1
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Example Sentences
She knows the location of the hidden trapdoor that leads to the rafters of the arch above the nave.
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In one performance at Union Chapel, a soaring church and performance venue in London, he almost literally shook the rafters.
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For more than two years, home for Curt Bloch was a tiny crawl space below the rafters of a modest brick home in Enschede, a Dutch city near the German border.
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The first scene we ever shot was swinging from the rafters.
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“If the big institutions are not swinging for the rafters, why are we here?”
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