(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

(collective) A flock of turkeys.

A raftsman.

(transitive) To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.

(transitive) To furnish (a building) with rafters.

(UK, agriculture) To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.