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herses

herses is the plural of herse.

Meaning of herse

Noun (1)

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.
    • 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 bishop1848, Benjamin Webb, Sketches of Continental Ecclesiolgy

Noun (2)

herse (plural herses)

  1. (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
    • Dido, my deare, alas!
      Dead, and lyeth wrapt in lead. O heavie herse!1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

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Questions about herses

What is herses the plural of?
Herses is the plural of herse.

Words near herses in the dictionary

  1. Hersee
  2. herself
  3. herselfe
  4. herselves
  5. hersen
  6. herses
  7. Hersey
  8. Hersh
  9. Hersham
  10. Hershaw
  11. Hershaws

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