tester
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈtɛstər/
- Archaic
:
dosel
- I felt guilty because now her tester bed was at my sister's and the old secretary stood in my living room.
Examples
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It was Jane Davis's bed, a Mississippi classical tester bed from the 1820s.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her house was a grand red brick Delta house, paneled in walnut with marble fireplaces, built by my great aunt in the early 1950s as a showplace for the pre-Civil War tester beds and secretaries.
Fiction book (2002) -
The bed was a graceful four-poster with a tester, probably mahogany or walnut, Mrs. Miller thought.
Fiction book (1996) -
Great flounces of thin flowered fabric hung around the high tester bed and dripped from the windows like tears.
Fiction book (1994) -
The beautiful tester added an elegant touch to the four-poster bed in the guest room.
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She chose a colorful fabric for the tester to match the decor of her bedroom.
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The tester hung gracefully above the bed, providing both style and shelter.
Compounds
- Specialized
A tool that sends sound waves through concrete to check its strength without breaking it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tester for a bed canopy comes from old words meaning 'head' or 'top', because the canopy sits above the head of the bed. So a tester is the decorative or protective cover placed over a four-poster bed.