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

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

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

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

The roof was raftered, each rafter painted with white lilies on a red ground, and heads of youths and damsels; and the roof outside was made of wooden tiles, shaped like shells and gilded.

From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon