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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bier
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.

2. bier
such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME bere, OE bēr, bæmacr;r(e))

Definition of 'Bier'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bier
a coffin along with its stand
"we followed the bier to the graveyard"

2. (noun) bier
a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

Definition of 'Bier'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bier
a handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave

2. (noun) Bier
a count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth

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