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four-poster
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an open steeple belfry the roof of which is supported by four columns, found in the architecture of certain older churches, especially in the Maritimes.
Quotations
1896
"Soon the crest of the hill was passed, and the four-poster on the top of Second Westcock Church sank out of sight. . . ."