RAFTER
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Example

The carpenter replaced a cracked rafter before fixing shingles.

Definition

A sloping roof beam running from ridge to eave.

  • Supports roof decking and loads.

A flock of turkeys.

To make timber into rafters.

  • To furnish a building with rafters.

To plow so the grassy side folds onto an unplowed ridge.

  • To form ridges by plowing.