HERSE

Noun

herse (plural herses)

A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.

Obsolete form of hearse (a carriage for the dead)

(obsolete) A funeral ceremony.

Verb

herse (third-person singular simple present herses, present participle hersing, simple past and past participle hersed)

Alternative form of hearse

Anagrams

• Esher, Rhees, Sheer, heers, here's, heres, sheer

Proper noun

Herse

(astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.

Anagrams

• Esher, Rhees, Sheer, heers, here's, heres, sheer

Source: Wiktionary

Herse, n. Etym: [F. herse harrow, portcullis, OF. herce, LL. hercia, L. hirpex, gen. hirpicis, and irpex, gen. irpicis, harrow. The LL. hercia signifies also a kind of candlestick in the form of a harrow, having branches filled with lights, and placed at the head of graves or cenotaphs; whence herse came to be used for the grave, coffin, or chest containing the dead. Cf. Hearse.]

1. (Fort.)

Definition: A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow.

2. See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.

3. A funeral ceremonial. [Obs.] Spenser.

Herse, v. t.

Definition: Same as Hearse, v. t. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition