rafter
raf ter
- n one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- n someone who travels by raft
- v provide (a ceiling) with rafters
- In August 1981, she discovered Payne, who had been tormented by physical and mental illness, hanging from a basement rafter.
- A raft of films Serpico, Death Wish, Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver navigated that stinky Styx with the expertise of a champion white-water rafter.
- The throat-clearing chore of drafting a platform was complete, and the rafter-reaching speeches were about to begin.