four-poster

See also: fourposter

English

Adjective

four-poster (not comparable)

1. (of a bed) Having four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, so that curtains can be hung to exclude draughts from the sleeper.

Usage notes

Used only attributively.

Noun

four-poster (plural four-posters)

1. A four-poster bed, which has four high posts, one at each corner, supporting a canopy.

Translations

four-poster bed

• Dutch: hemelbed (nl)
• French: lit à baldaquin (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: himmelseng m or f

  Nynorsk: himmelseng f

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• Russian: четырёхно́гий (ru) m (četyrjoxnógij), четырёхно́гая f (četyrjoxnógaja), четырёхно́гое n (četyrjoxnógoje)