bier
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.
Origin of bier
1Words that may be confused with bier
- beer, bier
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How to use bier in a sentence
So they laid her on a bier, and all seven of them sat down beside it and wept and wept for three whole days.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her | The Brothers Grimm | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe corpse was lying in a narrow coffin, upon a low bier, both of which were covered with a white pall.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferI went in rather early, and came upon two men carrying the parish bier back to its place under the tower.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesWhen Justin returned, ropes were passed round the leafy bier and the body was lowered by concerted effort.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThere is an old funeral bier in one part of it, and we have failed to ascertain the precise object of the article.
Our Churches and Chapels | Atticus
From top to bottom of the granite ran long red lines, which might have been compared to oozings from a funeral bier.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
British Dictionary definitions for bier
/ (bɪə) /
a platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial
Origin of bier
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