ETYM Old Eng. baee, beere, AS. bęr, bęre.
(Homonym: beer).
1. A coffin along with its stand.
2. A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.
Brick placed lengthwise in brick-laying, masonry.
1. A device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it.
2. A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles.
3. A wooden frame on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting.