HEARSE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English herse, from Anglo-French herce harrow, frame for holding candles, from Latin hirpic-, hirpex harrow Date: 14th century 1. an elaborate framework erected over a coffin or tomb to which memorial verses or epitaphs are attached, a triangular candelabra for 15 candles used especially at Tenebrae, 2. coffin , bier 2, a vehicle for conveying the dead to the grave, II. transitive verb (~d; hearsing) Date: 1592 1. to place on or in a ~, to convey in a ~, bury