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A hearse is a funeral vehicle, a conveyance for the coffin from e.g. a church to a cemetery, a similar burial site, or a crematorium. In the funeral trae, they are often called funeral coaches.

Trivia about hearse

  • The vehicle in which the deceased travels to the cemetery
  • The name of this vehicle used on grave occasions comes from the Old French for "long rake"
  • A Ross Macdonald detective novel is titled "The Zebra-Striped" this vehicle that's been called the dead wagon