Hearse

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A hind in the year of its age.

II. Hearse ·noun A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

III. Hearse ·noun A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

IV. Hearse ·vt To inclose in a hearse; to Entomb.

V. Hearse ·noun A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.

VI. Hearse ·noun A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.