A large, horizontal supporting beam which bears the weight of a wall starting on a first or higher floor, particularly when exposed or used to support a jetty (timber-frame overhang construction).
One 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.
A raftsman.
A flock of turkeys.
To furnish (a building) with rafters.
To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.