English
Adjective
four-poster (not comparable)
- (attributive, 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.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:The furnishing of this Blue Room was solid and Victorian, it having been the GHQ of my Uncle Tom's late father, who liked things substantial. There was a four-poster bed, [...]
Noun
four-poster (plural four-posters)
- A four-poster bed, which has four high posts, one at each corner, supporting a canopy.
Translations
four-poster bed
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