fourposter

[ fawr-poh-ster, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˈpoʊ stər, ˈfoʊr- /

a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.

a four-masted sailing vessel.

Origin of fourposter

First recorded in 1815–25; four + post¹ + -er¹

His four-poster rolls up and would crush us and we would be dead before the morning.

Europa's Fairy Book |Joseph Jacobs
But we have a four-poster in this sale, Mr. Winters, quickly said one of the floor-men.

Polly in New York |Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Second, nobody mistook their pew for their four-poster during the sermon.

It Is Never Too Late to Mend |Charles Reade
"And this four-poster with the pineapple tops and the canopy," she goes on.

The House of Torchy |Sewell Ford

That night, after the Red Beadle had screwed up the four-poster, he allowed himself to be persuaded to stay to supper.

Dreamers of the Ghetto |I. Zangwill

four-poster

a bed with posts at each corner supporting a canopy and curtains Also called: four-poster bed