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

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

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

Our supper was gaily eaten, and our mirth served to entertain five or six English families, whose chambers were only separated from the rough raftered dining hall by double curtains.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker