noun.
A decorated platform or framework on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral.
noun.
A coffin-shaped structure draped with a pall, used to represent the corpse at a Requiem Mass celebrated after the burial.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A stage or scaffolding, erected usually in the nave of a church, to support a coffin on the occasion of a ceremonious funeral.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.