rafter
/ˈɹæftɚ/ verb C2- To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
- To furnish (a building) with rafters.
He/she/it rafters · Past raftered · Past participle raftered · -ing form raftering
Verb forms
- Base form
- rafter
- He/she/it
- rafters
- Past
- raftered
- Past participle
- raftered
- -ing form
- raftering
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It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge baulks of age-blackened oak.
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