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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.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge baulks of age-blackened oak.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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.
Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context
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