soot-blackened
111lampblacked — adj. blackened with lampblack, coated with sootn. fine black soot created by the burning of certain materials and used mainly as a pigment v. blacken, coat with lampblack …
112Hall — Principal room in a medieval house, used for meeting and dining. Often, servants would sleep in the hall. It often extended up to the roof. Before chimneys were introduced, there would be an open fire, often in the middle of the floor. The smoke… …
