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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a coffin along with its stand;
- Example: "we followed the bier to the graveyard"

2. a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bier \Bier\, n. [OE. b[ae]e, beere, AS. b?r, b?re; akin to D. baar, OHG. b[=a]ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D? baare, L. feretrum, Gr. ?, from the same ?? bear to produce. See 1st Bear, and cf. Barrow.] 1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave. [1913 Webster] 2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bier n 1: a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard" 2: a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Bier the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14).