"coffin handle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coffin handles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coffin handle (plural coffin handles)
  1. Any of the handles mounted on a coffin so that it can be carried.
    Sense id: en-coffin_handle-en-noun-aUJm4SBU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. A knife handle having approximately the tapering hexagonal shape of a traditional coffin, with the tapering end nearest the blade.
    Sense id: en-coffin_handle-en-noun-HqqwR3ue

Inflected forms

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