Hearse

hėrs, n. a carriage in which the dead are conveyed to the grave: ( orig. ) a triangular framework for holding candles at a church service, and esp. at a funeral service.— v.t. to put on or in a hearse.— n. Hearse′-cloth , a pall for a corpse laid on a bier.— adj. Hearse′-like , suitable to a funeral, mournful. [O. Fr. herse (It. erpice )—L. hirpicem , acc us. of hirpex , a harrow.]