It's a stand or platform that supports a coffin.
The word is pronounced "beer" like the alcoholic drink.
Bier
Patron of: war, impartiality, mummification wrappings, the funeral bier.
Raphael died on his 37th birthday. His funeral mass was celebrated at the Vatican, his Transfiguration was placed at the head of the bier, and his body was buried in the Pantheon in Rome.
A funeral pallet is called a bier. If you were thinking of living kings, that would be a palanquin, on which they were carried.
Neith was goddess of war, impartiality, mummification wrappings, the funeral bier. It is a possibility that from Neith came the Greek goddess Athena.
Was ist Bier = What is beer
Nun, the watery abyss and Neith the goddess of war, impartiality, mummification wrappings, the funeral bier were seen as parents of Ra/Re.
A bier is a stand where a casket is placed.
In common usage- though at one time the terms were synonymous ( at the Bier of Queen Victoria) for example- it usually refers to the coffin stand on which the funerary vessel rests in the Funeral home. Collapsible ( Church carts) are used when bringing coffins into churches- these may have slang terms, but Church cart is common.
Bier
August Bier died in 1949.