English-Thai Dictionary

hearse

N รถ ศพ  rod-sob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEARSE

n.hers. [See Herse. ] A temporary monument set over a grave. 1. The case or place in which a corpse is deposited.
2. A carriage for conveying the dead to the grave. [See Herse. ]
3. A hind in the second year of her age.

 

HEARSE

v.t.hers. To inclose in a hearse.

 

HEARSECLOTH

n.hers'cloth. A pall; a cloth to cover a hearse.

 

HEARSELIKE

a.hers'like. Suitable to a funeral.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEARSE

Hearse, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. ]

 

Defn: A hind in the year of its age. [Eng. ] Wright.

 

HEARSE

Hearse, n. Etym: [See Herse. ]

 

1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. [Obs. ] Oxf. Gloss.

 

2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic ] "Underneath this marble hearse. " B. Johnson. Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.

 

3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs. ] Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may be shrouded in a hearse. Shak.

 

4. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.

 

HEARSE

HEARSE Hearse, v. t.

 

Defn: To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs. ] "Would she were hearsed at my foot. " Shak.

 

HEARSECLOTH

HEARSECLOTH Hearse "cloth `, n.

 

Defn: A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.

 

HEARSELIKE

HEARSELIKE Hearse "like ", a.

 

Defn: Suitable to a funeral. If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hearse

hearse |hərs hərs | ▶noun a vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French herce ‘harrow, frame, ’ from Latin hirpex ‘a kind of large rake, ’ from Oscan hirpus ‘wolf ’ (with reference to the teeth ). The earliest recorded sense in English is ‘latticework canopy placed over the coffin (while in church ) of a distinguished person, ’ but this probably arose from the late Middle English sense ‘triangular frame (shaped like the ancient harrow ) for carrying candles at certain services. ’ The current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hearse

hearse |həːs | ▶noun a vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French herce ‘harrow, frame ’, from Latin hirpex ‘a kind of large rake ’, from Oscan hirpus ‘wolf ’ (with reference to the teeth ). The earliest recorded sense in English is ‘latticework canopy placed over the coffin (whilst in church ) of a distinguished person ’, but this probably arose from the late Middle English sense ‘triangular frame (shaped like the ancient harrow ) for carrying candles at certain services ’. The current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hearse

hearse /həː r s /名詞 C 霊柩 （れいきゆう ）車 .