Meaning

A rafter of a roof..

Definitions by Sense

1. A rafter of a roof.
2. A thick pole or piece of wood.
3. (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
4. (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
5. (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
6. (obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar.
7. (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
8. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

Example Sentences

The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].

The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]

After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.

KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars.

'Ello clart! How are you doin' spar? Let's have a look at your mobile phone there, that's fuckin' posh, innit?[…]that's fuckin' safe, spar!

I don't care if you got friends in your car. Light up your whip and all of your spars.

Trying to explain to my spars how it is over a spliff. Arguing, cause the media got 'em locked under their lids.

Word Forms

• spars
• sparring
• sparred

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