bier

Definitions


[bɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which they are carried to the grave
(e.g: they lifted the coffin on to the bier)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bēr, of Germanic origin; related to German Bahre, also to bear




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