- four-poster
- noun Date: 1837 a bed with tall often carved corner posts originally designed to support curtains or a canopy
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four-poster — UK / US or four poster bed UK / US noun [countable] Word forms four poster : singular four poster plural four posters an old fashioned bed with four tall posts at the corners, which sometimes has a cover over the top and curtains around the sides … English dictionary
four-poster — (also four poster bed) ► NOUN ▪ a canopied bed with a post at each corner … English terms dictionary
four-poster — or ,four post|er bed noun count an old fashioned bed with four tall posts at the corners, which were originally used for supporting a cover over the top and curtains around the sides … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Four-poster — Four post er, n. A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support a canopy or curtains. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
four-poster — [fôr′pōs′tər] n. a bedstead with tall corner posts that sometimes support a canopy or curtains * * * four post·er (fôrʹpōʹstər, fōrʹ ) n. A bed having tall corner posts originally intended to support curtains or a canopy. * * * … Universalium
four-poster — [fôr′pōs′tər] n. a bedstead with tall corner posts that sometimes support a canopy or curtains … English World dictionary
Four-poster — Archaeologists refer to two different structures as a four poster . The first is a type of stone setting found uniquely within the British Isles. They date from the Bronze Age and, as the name suggests, usually consist of four stones. Late Bronze … Wikipedia
four-poster — noun a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains • Hypernyms: ↑bed • Part Meronyms: ↑leg * * * ˌfour poster ˈbed [four poster bed] ( … Useful english dictionary
four-poster — /fɔ ˈpoʊstə/ (say faw pohstuh) noun a bed with four posts supporting a canopy over the bed, sometimes with curtains. Also, four post bed, four poster bed …
four-poster — 1. adjective Having four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, so that curtains can be hung to exclude draughts from the sleeper. 2 … Wiktionary
four-poster — also four poster bed noun (C) a bed with four tall posts at the corners, a cover fixed at the top of the posts, and curtains around the sides … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
