noun
- a stand or frame for holding a coffin or corpse before burial
Examples
- The coffin was placed on a wooden bier in the church.
- Mourners gathered around the bier to pay their respects.
- The funeral director arranged flowers beside the bier.
- They carried the bier slowly down the aisle.
- The ornate bier was draped with a black cloth.
- Family members stood vigil by the bier throughout the night.