Hearse /(hẽrs)/

Hearse

n.
  1. A hind in the second year of its age. [Eng.]

Hearse

n.
  1. 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. [Obs.]
  2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
    Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
    Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse.
  3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs.]
    Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may be shrouded in a hearse.
  4. A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.

Hearse

v. t.
  1. To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.]