meaning of hearse
1. A hind in the year of its age.
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. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
4. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
5. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
6. To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
7. a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
Related Words
hearse | hearsecloth | hearselike |
