LekhoriLekhoriOne of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
[…] the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters
A flock of turkeys.
A raftsman.
To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
To furnish (a building) with rafters.
To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.
A surname.
From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.
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