bier
bier
Definition
bier (bir)
noun
- a platform or portable framework on which a coffin or corpse is placed
- a coffin and its supporting platform
Etymology: ME bere < OE bær: for IE base see bear
bier
Synonyms
bier
n.
bier
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- touch: And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still.
- decorate: There, the precise association in the urn with different parts of the body strongly suggested the veneers had decorated an ornamental bier.
- wheel: Beside the organ in the side chapel is a wheeled 19th century bier.
- carry: Inside the calm of the Cathedral we admire a solid wooden carving of six monks carrying a bier on their shoulders.
Adjective modifier
- funeral: From a more recent age, the funeral bier sits on the north side of the nave.
- old: We will also be demolishing the old wooden bier shed in the car park behind the village hall.
- wooden: We will also be demolishing the old wooden bier shed in the car park behind the village hall.
Modifies a noun
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