English Dictionary

raftering

noun

(UK) The practice by which land is raftered (turning the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge). / The set of rafters (sloped beams) of a building or similar construction.

The raftering on the roof was done by skilled carpenters.

意味（1）

(UK) The practice by which land is raftered (turning the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge).

It is nearly the same thing on stubble land as raftering is on grass land.

意味（2）

The set of rafters (sloped beams) of a building or similar construction.

A simple and very primitive mode of connecting rough rafterings, where all the strength seems to be depending on a pin, is given by Fig. 9.