0 a person who helps to carry a coffin at a funeral or who walks at the side of the people carrying it -- (葬礼中)抬棺材的人
Pallbearers carry the coffin of the deceased to the hearse, which then proceeds in a procession to the place of final repose, usually a cemetery.
Newspapers stated that 4 ex - champions were pallbearers at his funeral.
The casket was of the plainest and there were no flowers; indeed, not even pallbearers to carry it from the hearse to the altar.
Boy and girl scouts were pallbearers and prayers were given by various local religious leaders.
There may otherwise be only pallbearers in the literal sense while the casket is on an animal, or on an animal-drawn or motorized vehicle.
Reporters present to report on the burial were asked by officials to act as pallbearers.
As they round the bend in the staircase, the pallbearers drop the coffin, which sleds down the stairs, leading into the opening titles.
Eight abolitionist friends, both white and black, served as his pallbearers.