Assertion: rafter | /r/CapableOf | hold wall
Facets:
value: together
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: When the ridge is sagging, this means that the rafters are not enough to hold the walls together.
text: Below one of the authors [DF again] stands at the lower edge of this roof in 2010: the rafters "hung" over the structural ridge beam and the walls upon which they terminate never moved at all during the ensuing 31 years.
text: The lower ends of the rafters usually extend beyond the walls, and the portion of the rafter that hangs over the wall is called the rafter tail.