rafter
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- noun
- /ˈræftər/
:
viga
- And then across these top rafter pieces, I've got some one by threes.
- beams and rafters
And I saw rafters with a pile of junk lumber on top of the rafters.
- And I saw rafters with a pile of junk lumber on top of the rafters.
- So much like they had the strawberry Pop Tart from the year before up in the rafters, and we're calling it Pop Tart Heaven.
Examples
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They nest in the rafters sometimes.
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Then he fell back to looking at the rafters as if he read something there.
Fiction book (1994) -
So, it looks like these two rafters are split.
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I remembered a similar pile of rafters in front of my own room at home.
Fiction book (1992) -
There's a man concealed in the rafters above us.
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I looked up toward the rafters, where the doves still burbled and cooed.
Fiction book (1993) -
We know from descriptions of long houses in sagas that soot would accumulate pretty quickly in the rafters during the winter.
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Huge granite and limestone blocks were needed for the roof beams and rafters of the Queen's and King's Chambers.
Academic text (2007) -
Firelight flickered off Larkspur's withered features and illuminated the parallel lines of rafter poles behind her head.
Fiction book (1992) -
The workers carefully installed each rafter to ensure the roof was sturdy.
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Etymology
Rafter for a roof beam comes from an old Germanic word for the long timber used in roofs, so it means one of the sloping 'beams' that carry and support the roof.