名詞 bier:

1. a coffin along with its stand
2. a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

1. The body was placed in bier before burial.
   在舉行葬禮以前尸體被放在棺材里。

bier

n.（名詞）
A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.
棺材架，尸體架：埋葬前用以放置尸體或棺材的架子
A coffin along with its stand:
連架的棺材：
例句：
followed the bier to the cemetery.
隨棺材至公墓

來源：
Alteration influenced by French bière [coffin] from Old French biere [bier] [of Germanic origin]
受 法語 bière的影響 [棺材] 源自 古法語 biere [棺材] [源于日耳曼語的]
of Middle English ber
中古英語 ber的變化
from Old English bôr * see bher-
源自 古英語 bôr *參見 bher-