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Noun
/ˈraftər/,
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rafters, plural;
  1. A person who travels on a raft

  1. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
  2. provide (a ceiling) with rafters
  3. raftsman: someone who travels by raft
  4. (raftered) having the rafters especially having them visible; "a raftered ceiling"
  5. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members (beams), that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
  6. Rafter is the performing name of musician and producer Rafter Roberts. He also owns his own studio, Singing Serpent, in San Diego.
  7. Rafter may refer to: Surname Rafter: * Charles Rafter (1860 - 1935), a British police officer * Jack Rafter (1875 - 1943), a Major League Baseball catcher * John Rafter Lee, a British actor, voice actor, professional narrator * Kevin Rafter, an Irish journalist and academic * Mark T. ...
  8. (Rafters (nightclub)) Rafters was a nightclub located in the St James Building in the centre of Manchester, UK. A number of bands played concerts at Rafters in the 1970s and 1980s
  9. (Rafters) the sloping timbers which support the roof of a building.
  10. (Rafters) The supporting framing to which a roof deck is attached.
  11. (Rafters) Structural members used to frame and support a roof.
  12. (Rafters) The wooden structural support beams for a roof, sometimes visible on the exterior for certain building types and styles.
  13. (Rafters) Inclined timbers supporting a roof-covering.
  14. (Rafters) Part of a roof construction.Sometimes referred to as Common Rafters. Similar to joists but inclined rising from the eaves (foot) to the ridge (head). Collectively with other common rafters they support a pitched roof covering.
  15. (Rafters) These are the sloped structural beams that support the roof deck and roof components. It is the wooden structure that supports the roof.
  16. (Rafters) The joist to which the roof-boarding is nailed.
  17. (RAFTERS) The main sloping roof timbers to which the tiles/slates, battens and felt are fixed.
  18. (Rafters) The inclined members of the roof framework. They serve the same purpose in the roof as joists in the floor or studs in the wall.
  19. (Rafters) The timbers carrying the coverings of a roof.
  20. (Rafters) Vertical steel beams in locations above
  21. (Rafters) is the restaurant located at the new Twenty Ten course clubhouse.
  22. (rafters) Vertical members of a roof frame.
  23. Rafters form the slope of a pitched roof and are analogous to floor joists.
  24. The supporting framing member immediately beneath the deck, sloping from the ridge to the wall plate.
  25. A sloping roof member that supports the roof covering which extends from the ridge or the hip of the roof to the eaves. A common rafter is one which runs square with the plate and extends to the ridge. A hip rafter extends from the outside angle of the plate towards the apex of the roof. ...