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Couple-close :: Couple-close (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam..

Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.

Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..

Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber..

Firms :: Firms (a.) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together..

Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..

Bird''s-mouth :: Bird's-mouth (n.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States..

Ingrafter :: Ingrafter (n.) A person who ingrafts.

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc..

Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2..

Smoky :: Smoky (superl.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells..

Bargecourse :: Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable..

Rifter :: Rifter (n.) A rafter.

Ridgepole :: Ridgepole (n.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured..

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) A raftsman.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks..

Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..

Grafter :: Grafter (n.) An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

Plate :: Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters..

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