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cataletto

bier, catafalque

noun kah-tah-LET-toh Rare

Usage Note

Cataletto is the wooden frame or stretcher on which a coffin is placed or carried. It also refers to a plain trestle bed historically used in institutions. The word appears in literary and journalistic contexts relating to funerals. Plural: cataletti.

Examples

"La bara era posata sul cataletto."

Natural Translation

The coffin was laid on the bier.

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