bier
Meanings
noun
- A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
- A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
- A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.
Derived words
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