Hearse

(14), n. [See HART. O. H. Ger. hiruz, hirz.] See HERSE.

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

2Sense 2. A carriage for conveying the dead to the grave.

We wept after her hearse, And even yet we mourn. Shak.

v. t. To lay or inclose in a hearse; to bury. Shak.