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four-poster
noun
four-post·er
ˌfȯr-ˈpō-stər 
: a bed with tall often carved corner posts originally designed to support curtains or a canopy
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The hotel has 135 guest rooms with four-poster walnut beds, Eames chairs, and Pantone blue tiles in the bathrooms.
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Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
This boutique property offers it all—four-poster beds, roaring fireplaces, and plenty of mature gardens for peaceful afternoon strolls.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
The stone-and-thatch rooms and freestanding cottages are built from local materials, designed by two Frank Lloyd Wright alums to blend into the landscape, and have wooden four-poster beds; some cottages sit along a rocky volcanic cliff with terraces jutting over the sea.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
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Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
This boutique property offers it all—four-poster beds, roaring fireplaces, and plenty of mature gardens for peaceful afternoon strolls.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
The stone-and-thatch rooms and freestanding cottages are built from local materials, designed by two Frank Lloyd Wright alums to blend into the landscape, and have wooden four-poster beds; some cottages sit along a rocky volcanic cliff with terraces jutting over the sea.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Four-poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-poster. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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