Ufer

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upher \Up"her\, n. (Arch.)
     A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty
     to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for
     scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for
     which use it is split. [Spelt also {ufer}.] [Eng.] --Gwilt.
     [1913 Webster]