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Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Archaeology
DEF

A stand on which a corpse, or a coffin containing a corpse is placed to be carried to the grave.

OBS

In antiquity it was often a wooden board on which the dead were placed ... In modern times, the corpse is ... first placed in a coffin or casket ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Archéologie
DEF

Brancard pour porter les morts.

Spanish

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