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raftered

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raft·er 1  (rftr)
n.
One who travels by raft.

raf·ter 2  (rftr)
n.
One of the sloping beams that supports a pitched roof.

[Middle English, from Old English ræfter.]

raftered adj.
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Adj.1.raftered - having the rafters especially having them visible; "a raftered ceiling"
ceilinged - provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface; "the large beam-ceilinged living room"


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A hammock is slung to the rough raftered roof of the main room, as an extra bed.
It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge baulks of age-blackened oak.
Whatever other accommodations it contained must have been hidden in the rear, as the flat roof above was almost level with the raftered ceiling of the shop.
 
 
 
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