n. A canopy, usually of openwork or trellis, set. over a bier, or more rarely over a permanent tomb, and used especially to support candles which were lighted at times of ceremony.n. A bier; a bier with a coffin.n. A carriage for conveying a dead person to the grave. The usual modern form has an oblongroofed body, often with glass sides, and a door at the back for the insertion of the coffin.n. A temporary monument erected over a grave.n. A dirge or threnody, or a solemn recital or chant.n. In heraldry, a charge resembling a portcullis or a harrow.To put on or in a hearse.A Scotch form of hoarse.