"herse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)s/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-hearse.wav Forms: herses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Head templates: {{en-noun}} herse (plural herses)
  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.
    Sense id: en-herse-en-noun--cqZai3B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 20 6 23
  2. Obsolete form of hearse (a carriage for the dead) Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: hearse (extra: a carriage for the dead)
    Sense id: en-herse-en-noun-7P9hvbZ5
  3. (obsolete) A funeral ceremony. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-herse-en-noun-tM77p2xE

Verb

IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)s/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-hearse.wav Forms: herses [present, singular, third-person], hersing [participle, present], hersed [participle, past], hersed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Head templates: {{en-verb}} herse (third-person singular simple present herses, present participle hersing, simple past and past participle hersed)
  1. Alternative form of hearse Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hearse
    Sense id: en-herse-en-verb-MYPtAWE5

Inflected forms

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