rake3

verb

• set (something) at a sloping angle:the floor is steeply raked
• [no object] (of a ship’s mast or funnel) incline from the perpendicular towards the stern: (as adjective raked)her long clipper bow and raked mast
• [no object] (of a ship’s bow or stern) project at its upper part beyond the keel.

noun

• 1 [in singular] the angle at which a thing slopes: you can adjust the rake of the backrests

• 2the angle of the edge or face of a cutting tool.