bier

[Bier]

A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

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A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

Noun
a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

Noun
a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard"


n.
A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

n.
A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.


Bier

Bier , n. [OE. b'91e, beere, AS. br, bre; akin to D. baar, OHG. b'bera, G. bahre, Icel barar, D baare, L. feretrum, Gr. , from the same bear to produce. See 1st Bear, and cf. Barrow.] 1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave. 2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. Knight.

Bierbalk

Bier"balk` , n. [See Bier, and Balk, n.] A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals. [Obs.] Homilies.

A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

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