The movable stand on which a corpse, whether in a coffin or not, is placed before burial; that on which it is carried to the grave.
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| 释义 | the world > life > death > obsequies > funeral equipment > [noun] > bier (12) bier1387 The movable stand on which a corpse, whether in a coffin or not, is placed before burial; that on which it is carried to the grave. feretoryc1400 In etymological sense: A bier. byre1467 Perhaps: a firebrand, or a type of arrow (unidentified). coffin1526 Loosely used for: A bier. Obsolete. horse1597 A contrivance on which a person rides, sits astride, or is carried, as on horseback. gen. and figurative esp. with qualification, as iron (also st… fercule1606 A frame, barrow, bier. hearse1610 A bier; a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave. Obsolete or archaic. sandapile1623 ‘A Coffin or Beere’ (Cockeram 1623). wheel-bier1898 handy1909 A bier (bier, n. 2a) carried by hand. Now rare. Subcategories:— frame of (1) — corpse on (1) |
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