heavily-raftered

Updated: June 17, 2025

They found themselves in the ancient banqueting hall of the fortress a long, lofty, rather narrow room, with a heavily-raftered ceiling, two huge fireplaces, one at either end, and a row of very narrow windows cut in the great thickness of the wall occupying almost the whole of one side of the place; whilst a long table was placed against the opposite wall, with benches beside it, and another smaller table was placed upon a small raised dais at the far end of the apartment.

Evelyn Everett-Green - In the Days of Chivalry