A horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters.
A raftsman.
A flock of turkeys.
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.
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.