bier

English Thesaurus

1. a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	rack, stand,
definition	:	a support for displaying various articles (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	catafalque,
definition	:	a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral (noun.artifact)

2. a coffin along with its stand (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	casket, coffin,
definition	:	box in which a corpse is buried or cremated (noun.artifact)