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单词 half-tester
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Definition of half-tester in English:

half-tester

noun
historical
  • 1A canopy extending over half the length of a bed.

    as modifier a half-tester bed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This had been Toby's room, so it was furnished with a tapestry half-tester over the king-size bed.
    • My bed had a fruity garland carved in the footboard and a half-tester dripping with lace overhead.
    1. 1.1 A bed with a half-tester.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the second floor is daughter Mary's bedroom and her half-tester style bed.
      • Visitors can choose rooms with four poster, half-tester or antique brass beds and all are decorated to a very high standard.
      • The main feature of each room is either a four-poster or half-tester bed, all adorned with inviting monogrammed white linen sheets and pillows.
      • It dates from 1350, and it feels like it: no trendy urban chic here, but four-posters and half-testers, high beamed ceilings and a profusion of heraldic crests on bare stone walls (they're 7ft thick, you know).
      • Just visible in the photograph is the foot of an American half-tester cherry bed of about 1850, which was part of the furnishings at Lochinvar plantation in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
 
 

Definition of half-tester in US English:

half-tester

nounˌhafˈtestər
historical
  • 1A canopy extending over half the length of a bed.

    as modifier a half-tester bed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My bed had a fruity garland carved in the footboard and a half-tester dripping with lace overhead.
    • This had been Toby's room, so it was furnished with a tapestry half-tester over the king-size bed.
    1. 1.1 A bed with a canopy extending over half the length of the bed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It dates from 1350, and it feels like it: no trendy urban chic here, but four-posters and half-testers, high beamed ceilings and a profusion of heraldic crests on bare stone walls (they're 7ft thick, you know).
      • Visitors can choose rooms with four poster, half-tester or antique brass beds and all are decorated to a very high standard.
      • Just visible in the photograph is the foot of an American half-tester cherry bed of about 1850, which was part of the furnishings at Lochinvar plantation in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
      • The main feature of each room is either a four-poster or half-tester bed, all adorned with inviting monogrammed white linen sheets and pillows.
      • On the second floor is daughter Mary's bedroom and her half-tester style bed.
 
 
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