| 单词 | raftering | 
| 释义 | rafteringn. 1.  †The action of roofing with, or forming, rafters (obsolete); an arrangement or set of rafters in a building; (also) timber used to make rafters. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > 			[noun]		 > roof-beam > rafter > arrangement of raftering1538 1538    T. Elyot Dict.  				Contignatio,..the raufterynge. 1542    N. Udall tr.  Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 232  				Buyldyng an hous euen from the foundacion vnto the vttermost raftreyng and reirynge of the roofe. c1595    Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxix. 51 in  Coll. Wks. 		(1998)	 II. 235  				Thou, how my back was beam-wise laid, And raftring of my ribbs dost know. ?1677    S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 65  				How many square of Raftering there will be in a Roof. 1716    E. Laurence Young Surveyor's Guide 90  				Tyling, Raftering, and Flooring [are] measur'd by the Square, containing 100 Square Feet. 1795    Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 5 135  				No building requiring so heavy a roof as this quantity of raftering implies, should be supposed as yet erected. 1857    tr.  Pliny 		(Bohn)	 VI. 345  				The raftering being so contrived as to admit of the beams being removed. 1880    C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 357  				The ben-teak yields timber used for raftering and flooring. 1902    E. Wharton Valley of Decision I.  i. 77  				There, in bluer depths, a charcoal burner's hut sending up its spiral of smoke to the dark raftering of branches. 1948    L. Haberly Pursuit of Horizon vii. 69  				Their inner walls were of upright logs, set close together in the ground and cut off at head-height to support a tight raftering of long poles. 1997    Rotunda 		(Nexis)	 Fall–Winter 30  				The two larger groups [of pieces of wood] may comprise both wall elements and roof materials, including raftering. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > 			[noun]		 > ploughing in ridges ridging1499 balking1549 raftering1724 round ridging1756 upsetting1784 rafter ridging1838 1724    W. Benson in  tr.  Virgil Husbandry: 2nd Bk. Pref. p. xvi  				I am certain the Husbandry of England in general is Virgilian. This is shewn..by the dry Fences, by Raftering or Cross-Ploughing, and innumerable other Instances. 1775    W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 7 Dec. 		(1778)	  				The Plowman..told me, that it is his country-method of plowing, and calls it raftering. 1808    J. Willis in  Communic. to Board of Agric. VI. ii. 18  				Dec. 20th. 1st Raftering with 2 horses... Jan. 16th. 2nd Raftering with 2 horses. 1851    H. Stephens Bk. of Farm 		(ed. 2)	 I. 183/1  				There is a kind of ploughing..which bears the name of ribbing in Scotland and of raftering in England... It consists in turning the furrow-slices on their backs upon as much of the firm soil as they will cover. 1882    J. Scott  & J. C. Morton Soil of Farm vi. 61  				It is..a common practice to move only one half the land..by ploughing each furrow-slice on to its own width of unmoved soil. This..is called ‘raftering’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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