four-poster

noun

Meaning

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

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Related words

quatrefoiled(English)four-door(English)tetrastylic(English)tetrapolar(English)columned(English)multibed(English)quadrifrontal(English)quadrilateral(English)

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