Support for a casket (4)

I believe the answer is:

bier

(Other definitions for bier that I've seen before include "Support for a coffin before burial" , "Coffin-stand" , "Frame to carry a dead person" , "Late on this platform" , "Brie (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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