| n. | 1. | A hind in the second year of its age. |
| 1. | 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. | |
| 2. | A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. | |
| 3. | A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. | |
| 4. | A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. |
| Noun | 1. | hearse - a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle |