hanging coffin

English

Noun

hanging coffin (plural hanging coffins)

1. A coffin suspended on a cliff as part of an ancient funeral custom practised in countries such as China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Translations

coffin suspended on a cliff

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懸棺／悬棺 (xuánguān)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: riippuva ruumisarkku
• French: cercueil suspendu m
• German: Hängesarg m, hängender Sarg m
• Greek: κρεμαστό φέρετρο n (kremastó féretro)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: вися́чий гроб m (visjáčij grob)