From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfour-poster bedˌfour-poster ˈbed (also four-poster) noun [countable] DHFa bed with four tall posts at the corners, a cover fixed at the top of the posts, and curtains around the sides
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four-poster bed• The honeymoon suite has a four-poster bed trimmed with lace.• This large house, thoroughly modernized, is furnished with period pieces including a four-poster bed.• Past the piano was a stairway leading to nowhere, and then a four-poster bed, forlorn but inviting.• Nina was half-hidden under a four-poster bed, trailing silk sheets behind her like a bridal train.• A four-poster bed absorbed the remainder.• A magnificent four-poster bed dominates this room.• The green fireplace, with the black clock with angels, the dressing-table and figured mirror, the four-poster bed. 