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Definition of herse:

(n) : 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.
(n) : (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
(n) : (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
(v) : Alternative form of hearse. [(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.]
(n) : Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”). [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.]
Definition of herse:

(n) : 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.
(n) : (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
(n) : (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
(v) : Alternative form of hearse. [(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.]
(n) : Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”). [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.]
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