HERSE

noun a funeral ceremonial.

2. herse ·vt ·same·as hearse, ·vt.

3. herse ·noun ·see hearse, a carriage for the dead.

4. herse ·noun a kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. it is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.