MXa frame like a table, on which a dead body or coffin is placed 停尸架;棺材架
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bier• This was a bier, he said.• An archbishop presided at her requiem and her bier was carried through the city by leading members of the civil authorities.• We removed the harness from the horse and made a rough bier for the King's corpse.• Even the female mourners, who followed the bier, were few in number and boringly subdued.• Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier.• She made an effort to compose her mind to do just that, and kept her eyes firmly on the bier.