fourposter

[fawr-poh-ster, fohr-]

noun

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

2. a four-masted sailing vessel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourposter¹

First recorded in 1815–25; four + post ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Its structure recalled Jan de Hartog’s Tony-winning 1951 play, “The Fourposter,” which tracked a married couple over 35 years, while “Same Time, Next Year” also touched on the Vietnam War, women’s liberation and America’s shifting social values.

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Linda had picked the dark wallpaper and the dark curtains and the fourposter bed, and it’s not as if John had some vision of what he would have preferred.

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The camera takes in an acoustic-tile ceiling, wall-to-wall carpeting, bare drywall, and a fourposter bed.

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And lastly the moon peered into the upstairs bedroom, where the man lay sleeping on his side in a great fourposter bed; and curled against his back the elderly, comfort-loving white bull terrier slept in blissful, warm content.

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The Werf cottages, which once housed workers are furnished in a simple, cozy style with beige wool fabrics on the couches, fourposter beds, delicate china displayed in a breakfront, deep soaking tubs; the larger, also recently renovated Clarence and Rhodes Cottages have more elaborate country house decor.

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