Definition of bier Bier
/biˈɹ/ - [beer] - bier
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What does bier mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bier (n.)
A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave. - bier (n.)
A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bier
bēr, n. a carriage or frame of wood for bearing the dead to the grave. [A.S. bǽr; Ger. bahre, L. fer-etrum. From root of verb Bear.]
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- A bier is a flat frame, traditionally wooden but sometimes made of other materials, used to carry a corpse for burial in a funeral procession. In antiquity it was often simply a wooden board on which the dead was placed covered with a shroud. In modern times, however, the corpse is almost never carried on the bier without being first placed in a coffin, though the coffin is sometimes kept open.
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