bier

(bir)

noun

  1. a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corpse is placed
  2. a coffin and its supporting platform

Origin: ME bere < OE bær: for IE base see bear

See bier in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.
  2. A coffin along with its stand: followed the bier to the cemetery.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (influenced by French bière, coffin)

Origin: of Middle English ber

Origin: , from Old English bēr; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots

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