bier : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bier	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bier n a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard" a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bier \Bier\, n. [OE. b[91]e, beere, AS. b[?]r, b[?]re; akin to D. baar, OHG. b[be]ra, G. bahre, Icel barar, D[?] baare, L. feretrum, Gr. [?], from the same [?][?] bear to produce. See 1st {Bear}, and cf. {Barrow}.] 1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave. 2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. --Knight.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bier the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14).