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Hearse

/hɜːs/

A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.

📖 Definitions of "Hearse"

noun
  1. 1

    A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

  4. 4

    A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

verb
  1. 1

    To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

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