bier
(noun) a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
bier
(noun) a coffin along with its stand; “we followed the bier to the graveyard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bier (plural biers)
A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
• Brie, brie
Source: Wiktionary
Bier, n. Etym: [OE. bæe, beere, AS. b, b; akin to D. baar, OHG. bara, G. bahre, Icel barar, Dbaare, 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)
Definition: A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2021
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