DCHP-3

rafter ((n.))†

Lumbering, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a person employed in the rafting (def. 1) of timber.

See: rafting(def. 1),raftsman

Quotations

1864
At the bottom of each separate "shute" there is a wooden platform or "apron" upon which the rafters are precipitated, and so preserved from diving down under the surface by the impetus of their fall.
2n.

a person who rafts (def. 1).

See: raft ((v.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1954
Rafters kept coming quite a while. They all finally got tired waiting for God to freeze the rivers again, and came down on rafts.