fourposter

fourposter [fawr-poh-ster, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
2. a four-masted sailing vessel.

Origin of fourposter First recorded in 1815–25; four + post1 + -er1 Examples from the Web for four-poster Historical Examples of four-poster

“And this four-poster with the pineapple tops and the canopy,” she goes on.

The House of Torchy

Sewell Ford

Second, nobody mistook their pew for their four-poster during the sermon.

It Is Never Too Late to Mend

Charles Reade

The four-poster once more took on its likeness to a ship in full sail.

Barbara Lynn

Emily J. Jenkinson

She lay in the four-poster, shut in from distracting sounds and sights by the curtains.

Barbara Lynn

Emily J. Jenkinson

So had the old woman in the four-poster looked eighty years ago.

Barbara Lynn

Emily J. Jenkinson

British Dictionary definitions for four-poster four-poster noun

1. a bed with posts at each corner supporting a canopy and curtainsAlso called: four-poster bed