bier

/bษชษ™/

IPA: /B IH1 R/

noun
  1. 1

    A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.

  2. 2

    A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.

  3. 3

    A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

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