MEANING
A stand or framework on which a corpse or coffin is placed or carried.
Use it for
Funeral processions, exposed remains, communal burden.Focus attention on those bearing the dead and the weight they share.
Words that belong together
- wooden bier
- carry the bier
- coffin on a bier
On the page
Four brothers carried the bier through the churchyard.
An unused bier leaned against the chapel wall.
As the coffin settled onto the bier, one of its handles snapped.
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Word forms
- Base
- bier
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Usually associated with burial; not the coffin itself and not a modern hearse vehicle. Plural biers.
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