RAFT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e ~er, ~, from Old Norse raptr ~er Date: 15th century 1. a collection of logs or timber fastened together for conveyance by water, a flat structure for support or transportation on water, a floating cohesive mass, an aggregation of animals (as waterfowl) resting on the water, II. verb Date: 1706 transitive verb to transport in the form of or by means of a ~, to make into a ~, intransitive verb to travel by ~, III. noun Etymology: alteration of raff jumble Date: 1830 a large collection or number