Associations to the word «Hearse»

HEARSE, noun. A hind in the second year of its age.

HEARSE, noun. 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.

HEARSE, noun. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

HEARSE, noun. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

HEARSE, noun. A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

HEARSE, verb. (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

HEARSE, noun. A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle.