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bier (iou)



bier noun.

A framework for carrying; a handbarrow; a litter. Long obsolete exc. Hist. OE.
A movable frame on which a coffin or corpse is placed before burial or cremation; a support on which a coffin or corpse is carried to the grave. OE.
transf. A tomb; a sepulchre. LME.
Comb.: bier-balk a balk in a field where there is a right of way for funerals; bier-right an ordeal in which those accused of murder were required to approach the corpse and clear themselves on oath.