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means A pallbearer is someone who carries or walks alongside the coffin at a funeral.
from Rooted in 'pall,' the heavy cloth draped over a coffin — from Latin 'pallium,' a cloak or covering. A pallbearer originally bore or steadied that cloth as the coffin moved; the word simply fused 'pall' with 'bearer' (one who carries), and over time came to mean whoever helps carry the coffin itself.
- name origin
- pall means the cloth draped over the coffin
- unofficial rule
- tallest friends get drafted, grief is not a factor
- honorary version
- lets you skip the lifting but keep the honor
- average weight
- casket plus body often exceeds 400 pounds