Definitions

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  • adjective Having rafters (often of a specified kind).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having the rafters especially having them visible

Etymologies

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rafter +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge balks of age-blackened oak.

    The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

  • The early morning sun slanting in showed a cool, square-built room with a flagged stone floor, a raftered ceiling hung with bunches of drying herbs, and a heavy wooden table, the surface scarred and worn smooth and dark with age.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • The early morning sun slanting in showed a cool, square-built room with a flagged stone floor, a raftered ceiling hung with bunches of drying herbs, and a heavy wooden table, the surface scarred and worn smooth and dark with age.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • The early morning sun slanting in showed a cool, square-built room with a flagged stone floor, a raftered ceiling hung with bunches of drying herbs, and a heavy wooden table, the surface scarred and worn smooth and dark with age.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • Then he glanced upward to the round, raftered roof.

    Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009

  • To prevent a raftered dormer from seeming too rustic, disrupt it with some decorous touches: a crisp chevron-patterned rug and an Asian-inspired platform bed.

    Thom Filicia Style Thom Filicia 2008

  • Their “BBQ house” has the wood slats, high raftered ceilings and down home charm of a drying barn that reminded me of the bar set from Road House, after the Swayze induced cleanup.

    You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2008 » May 2008

  • Their “BBQ house” has the wood slats, high raftered ceilings and down home charm of a drying barn that reminded me of the bar set from Road House, after the Swayze induced cleanup.

    You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » QN4U BBQ House - Clovis, CA 2008

  • At last, the doors slid open, and a steadily increasing stream of women and men flowed into the building through the entry chamber and on into the high-raftered hall where the council met.

    Spirit Gate 2006

  • His house was large and roomy, with spacious walls and high-raftered ceilings.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

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