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Herse

//hɜː(ɹ)s// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the moons of Jupiter.
Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "In the south aisle, on a slab raised on four low shafts and covered by an iron herse, is a fine coloured recumbent effigy of a bishop"

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”). alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    A funeral ceremony. obsolete

    "Dido, my deare, alas! Dead, and lyeth wrapt in lead. O heavie herse!"

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hearse. alt-of, alternative

    "The house is hers'd about with a black wood, Which nods with many a heavy-headed tree: Each flower's a pregnant poison, try'd and good; Each herb a plague."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hierche (“type of harrow”), from Middle French herce, herse. Doublet of hearse.

Etymology 2

See hearse.

Etymology 3

See hearse.

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