bier
Meaning
- A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
- A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
- A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
Synonyms
Translations
catafalque
andas
bara
esquife
φέρετρο
TotenbahreFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɪə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.
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