raftered

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I never tire of the spiky seafood fritters arranged around corn salsa or sauteed trout strewn with pecans in a raftered dining room that’s a ringer for Clyde’s.

From Washington Post

Half a mile up to the raftered ceiling hung with red, dusty drapes or banners all ragged with the years.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

He chose a pallet at last and lay down, but all night long he lay with open eyes there in the raftered hall among the sleep of strangers.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Deep inside there was a hollow hall, raftered with dead branch and bramble, and roofed with the first leaves and shoots of spring.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

In the rude interiors of the old-time fireplaces hung soot-blackened cranes, while on cold, cheerless nights the blaze of logs on the hearths "Made the rude, bare, raftered room Burst, flowerlike, into rosy bloom."

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.