four-poster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, so that curtains can be hung to exclude draughts from the sleeper.
noun
  1. A four-poster bed, which has four high posts, one at each corner, supporting a canopy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-four-poster.wav

Word forms

four-poster four-posters

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