Four-poster

Full definition of four-poster

Adjective

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.
• 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, 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, ...

Usage notes

Used only attributively.

Noun

1. A four-poster bed.