1829 J. Hunter 75 A house is reared when the wood-work of the roof is raised upon it. The workmen employed in building a new house have a rearing-supper when arrived at this stage of their labour.
1867 B. Brierley (E.D.D.) 113 He cannot even build a house, but there must be the ‘rearing’ supper.
1965 R. Blumenau 8 Eighty workmen walked in procession to the Belle Vue Hotel for the traditional gargantuan rearing supper to celebrate the laying of the roof-timbers.