BIER

Bier

A bier is a stand on which a corpse, coffin, or casket containing a corpse, is placed to lie in state or to be carried to the grave.

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bier

Noun

  1. a litter to transport the corpse of a dead person
  2. a platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed
  3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.


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