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raf·ter /ˈræftɚ/
椽,椽架屋頂,筏夫(vt.)裝椽于
Raft·er, n. 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.
[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds,
With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton.
Raft·er, v. t.
1. To make into rafters, as timber.
2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
3. Agric. To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]
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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