Complete Definition of "rafter"

English

Etymology
Old English ræfter. Cognate with "raft".

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /r��ft�/ before consonants, /r��ft�r/ before vowels

Noun
en-noun

  1. one of the sloping beams that support a pitched roof

Translations

Finnish: kattopiiru, piiru
German: Sparren m
Italian: travetto m, travicello m <ref>Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press). Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. W:Wikipedia:book sources| ISBN 8839551107. Online version here</ref>
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Korean: ��� (seokkarae)
Romanian: caprior, stalp inclinat de sustinere

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