noun: 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.
noun: (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
noun: (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
noun: Obsolete form of hearse (a carriage for the dead) [A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.]
verb: Alternative form of hearse [(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.]