Hearse
Hearse (hẽrs) , noun
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A hind in the second year of its age. [English] — Wright
Hearse (hẽrs) , noun
[See Herse.]
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. [Obsolete] — Oxf. Gloss
2.
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
Underneath this marble hearse.
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. [Obsolete]
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 , transitive verb
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obsolete]
Would she were hearsed at my foot.