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jack rafters

jack rafters is the plural of jack rafter.

Meaning of jack rafter

Noun

jack rafter (plural jack rafters)

  1. (UK) One of the shorter rafters used in constructing a hip roof.
  2. (US) Any secondary roof timber, such as the common rafters resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves in some styles of building.

Questions about jack rafters

What is jack rafters the plural of?
Jack rafters is the plural of jack rafter.

Words near jack rafters in the dictionary

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  2. jack priest
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  4. jack puddings
  5. jack rafter
  6. jack rafters
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