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

Directly he heard the sound of Barcroft's footsteps through the raftered ceiling Entwistle stole softly to the desk that stood in the corner of the room.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)