'Bier' definitions:
Definition of 'bier'
(from WordNet)
noun
A coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard"
noun
A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
Definition of 'Bier'
From: GCIDE
- Bier \Bier\, n. [OE. b[ae]e, beere, AS. b?r, b?re; akin to D. baar, OHG. b[=a]ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D? baare, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bier'
From: Easton
- Bier the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14).