"four-poster" meaning in English

See four-poster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} four-poster (not comparable)
  1. (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. Tags: attributive, not-comparable Categories (topical): Furniture
    Sense id: en-four-poster-en-adj-wYkS-xca Disambiguation of Furniture: 45 55

Noun

Forms: four-posters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-poster (plural four-posters)
  1. A four-poster bed, which has four high posts, one at each corner, supporting a canopy. Categories (topical): Bedding, Furniture Synonyms: four-poster bed Related terms: canopy bed Translations (four-poster bed): легло с балдахин (leglo s baldahin) [neuter] (Bulgarian), llit de columnes (Catalan), llit de dosser (Catalan), himmelseng [common-gender] (Danish), hemelbed (Dutch), pylvässänky (Finnish), lit à baldaquin [masculine] (French), Himmelbett [neuter] (German), himmelseng [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), himmelseng [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), łóżko z baldachimem [neuter] (Polish), cama de dossel [feminine] (Portuguese), четырёхно́гий (četyrjoxnógij) [masculine] (Russian), четырёхно́гая (četyrjoxnógaja) [feminine] (Russian), четырёхно́гое (četyrjoxnógoje) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-four-poster-en-noun-eG9cqjJh Disambiguation of Bedding: 21 79 Disambiguation of Furniture: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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