hearse

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: hûrs (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɜːs/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɝs/ Homophone: herse Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Etymology 1 === From Middle English herse, hers, herce, from Old French herce, from Medieval Latin hercia, from Latin herpicem, hirpex; ultimately from Oscan 𐌇𐌉𐌓𐌐𐌖𐌔 (hirpus, “wolf”), a reference to the teeth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff, rigid, bristled”). The Oscan term is related to Latin hīrsūtus (“bristly, shaggy”), whence English hirsute. Doublet of herse (“kind of gate”). ==== Alternative forms ==== herse (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== hearse (plural hearses) 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. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed) (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb. ==== References ==== “hearse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “hearse”, in Collins English Dictionary. “hearse”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hearse (plural hearses) Alternative form of hearst (“A hind (female deer) in the second or third year of her age”). === Anagrams === harees, heares, sharee