Definitions for: Bier

[n] a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
[n] a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard"

Webster (1913) Definition: Bier, n. [OE. b[ae]e, beere, AS. b?r, b?re; akin to D.
baar, OHG. b[=a]ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D? baare, L.
feretrum, Gr. ?, from the same ?? bear to produce. See 1st
Bear, and cf. Barrow.]
1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed
or borne to the grave.

2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of
woolen cloth. --Knight.

See Also: casket, catafalque, coffin, rack, stand

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