hearse

UK: /ˈhɜː^rs/ US: /hɝs/ ,(hûrs)

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hearse /hɜrs/   n. [countable]

1. a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.

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hearse  (hûrs), n. 

1. a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
2. Religion a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
3. a canopy erected over a tomb.

• Latin hirpicem, accusative of hirpex
• Middle French herce a harrow
• Middle English herse 1250–1300

hearse′like′, adj. 

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hearse / hɜːs/ noun

1. a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetery or crematorium

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow