Hearse meaning : A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave. To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.