herse

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.
2. noun Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”).
3. noun A funeral ceremony.
4. verb Alternative form of hearse.

Similar words

sable harr haras hasp ridge harrow hawsehole hurdle herisson harnass harping iron

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