Associations to the word «Catafalque»

Wiktionary

CATAFALQUE, noun. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.

Dictionary definition

CATAFALQUE, noun. A decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats