Hearse
WordNet
noun
(1) A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A hind in the year of its age.
- 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.
- A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
- A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
- A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
Verb
- To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.