| Rafter 1. (n.) A raftsman. 2. (n.) 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. 3. (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber. 4. (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house. 5. (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. Thesaurus Entries H beam, I beam, angle rafter, balk, batten, boom, box girder, breastsummer, corbel, crossbeam, crosstie, footing beam, girder, hammer beam, hip rafter, joist, lattice girder, lintel, plate girder, ridge strut, ridgepole, sill, sleeper, sprit, stringpiece, strut, stud, studding, summer, summertree, tie, tie beam, transom, transverse, trave, traverse, truss, truss beam |