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raftered, ppl. a.|ˈrɑːftəd, -æ-| [f. rafter n.1 or v. + -ed.] Roofed with or composed of rafters; esp. indicating that the rafters are visible as part of the ceiling. Also transf., and in sense 4 of rafter v.
1732Pope Ep. Bathurst 189 No rafter'd roofs with dance and tabor sound. 1751T. Warton Poet. Wks. (1802) II. 168 Whose rafter'd hall the crowding tenants fed. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. ii. 91 Quaint casements and raftered rooms. 1893Mrs. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker I. 238 Its beamed and raftered ceiling. 1916N. Duncan Billy Topsail, M.D. xvii. 130 It was six miles from the edge of the raftered ice to the first island. 1924R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin ii. 32 She skimmed along—Till, raftered by the forest,..She saw the monsters that the jungle breeds. |