Definitions from Wiktionary (herse)
▸ noun: A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
▸ noun: (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
▸ noun: Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”). [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.]
▸ verb: Alternative form of hearse [(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.]
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▸ noun: A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
▸ noun: (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
▸ noun: Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”). [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.]
▸ verb: Alternative form of hearse [(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.]
Similar:
harr,
haras,
hasp,
ridge harrow,
hawsehole,
hurdle,
herisson,
harnass,
harping iron,
hinger,
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