a funeral carriage FromMiddle English herse hers herce Old French herce Medieval Latin hercia Latin herpicem hirpex Oscan 𐌇𐌉𐌓𐌐𐌖𐌔 ( hirpus ,“ wolf ” ) , a reference to the teeth, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- ( “ stiff, rigid, bristled ” ) .[ 1] Latin hīrsūtus ( “ bristly, shaggy ” ) , whenceEnglish hirsute Doublet ofherse ( “ kind of gate ” ) .
hearse (plural hearses
A framework of wood or metal placed over thecoffin ortomb of adeceased person, and covered with apall ; also, a temporarycanopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. A grave, coffin, tomb, orsepulchral monument.1621 Ben Jonson ,Epitath to Mary Herbert :underneath this sablehearse
1600 Torquato Tasso ], “The Third Booke ofGodfrey of Bulloignei.e. ,Edward Fairfax ], transl.,Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. [ … ] [ … ] Ar[ nold] Hatfield, for I[ saac] Iaggard and M[ atthew] Lownes,→OCLC Beside thehearse a fruitful palm tree grows,
Abier orhandbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.c. 1593 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: [ … ] ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene ii] :Set down, set down your honourable load, / If honour may be shrouded in ahearse .
Acarriage orvehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave. framework placed over coffin or tomb
bier or handbarrow for carrying the dead
vehicle for transporting dead
Arabic:سَيَّارة نَقْل مَوْتَى f ( sayyāra naql mawtā ) ,عَرَبة نَقْل مَوْتَى f ( ʕaraba naql mawtā ) Armenian:դիակառք (hy) ( diakaṙkʻ ) Azerbaijani:mafə Belarusian:катафа́лк m ( katafálk ) Bulgarian:катафа́лка f ( katafálka ) Chichewa:gálímoto class9/6 Chinese:Cantonese:靈車 / 灵车 ( ling4 ce1 ) Mandarin:柩車 / 柩车 (zh) ( jiùchē ) ,殯車 / 殡车 (zh) ( bìnchē ) ,靈車 / 灵车 (zh) ( língchē ) ,靈柩車 / 灵柩车 ( língjiù chē ) Czech:pohřební vůz m Danish:ligvogn c rustvogn (da) c Dutch:lijkwagen (nl) m rouwkoets (nl) f Esperanto:ĉerkveturilo Faroese:líkbilur m Finnish:ruumisauto (fi) ,ruumisvaunut (fi) pl French:corbillard (fr) m Georgian:კატაფალკი ( ḳaṭapalḳi ) German:Leichenwagen (de) m Greek:νεκροφόρα (el) f ( nekrofóra ) Hungarian:halottaskocsi (hu) Icelandic:líkbíll m Ido:sarkoveturo (io) Irish:eileatram m marbhchóiste m cóiste marbh m Italian:carro funebre m Japanese:霊柩車 (ja) ( れいきゅうしゃ, reikyūsha ) ,柩車 ( きゅうしゃ, kyūsha ) Korean:영구차(靈柩車) ( yeonggucha ) ,령구차(靈柩車) ( ryeonggucha ) ( North Korea ) Latvian:katafalks m Lithuanian:katafalkas m Macedonian:катафа́лка f ( katafálka ) Malay:van jenazah Maori:waka tūpāpaku Norman:hèrse f Norwegian:Bokmål:likbil (no) m begravelsesbil m Nynorsk:likbil m gravferdsbil m Persian:Iranian Persian:نَعْشکِش ( na'š-keš ) Polish:karawan (pl) m Portuguese:rabecão (pt) m carro fúnebre m Romanian:dric (ro) n Russian:катафа́лк (ru) m ( katafálk ) ,дро́ги (ru) f pl ( drógi ) ( cart ) Serbo-Croatian:Roman:mrtvačka kola n pl Slovak:pohrebný voz m Slovene:mrliški voz m Spanish:coche fúnebre m carroza (es) f Swedish:likbil (sv) c ( car ) ,bårbil c ( car ) ,likvagn c ( carriage ) Turkish:cenaze arabası Ukrainian:катафа́лк m ( katafálk ) Uzbek:katafalk Vietnamese:xe tang (vi) ,xe hòm Welsh:hers f elor-gerbyd m
hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses present participle hearsing simple past and past participle hearsed
( dated ) enclose in ahearse ; toentomb .c. 1596–1598 William Shakespeare , “The Merchant of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene i] :I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she werehearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!
hearse (plural hearses
Alternative form ofhearst ( “ Ahind (femaledeer ) in thesecond orthird year of her age ” ) .
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