Bier

n.	1.	A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
	2.	(Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Noun	1.	bier - a coffin along with its stand; "we followed the bier to the graveyard"
	2.	bier - a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

casket, coffin