Wondering how to use Herse in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Herse meaning
A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
Using Herse
- The main meaning on this page is: A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
Context around Herse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Herse
- In this selection, "herse" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seduce and aglaulus stand out and add context to how "herse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called a herse and frame a herse and scraping. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "herse" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with herse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hermes demands help from Aglaulus to seduce Herse. (8 words)
Herse, Aglaulus, and Pandrosus go to the temple to offer sacrifices to Athena. (13 words)
The manufacture involves the cleaning, bleaching, stretching on a frame (a "herse"), and scraping of the skin with a crescent-shaped knife (a "lunarium" or "lunellum"). (26 words)
The skin is washed with water and lime, but not together, and it has to soak in the lime for a couple of days. citation The hair is removed and the skin is dried by attaching it to a frame called a herse. (43 words)
Another version of the myth of the Athenian maidens is told in Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC 17 AD); in this late variant Hermes falls in love with Herse. (32 words)
The manufacture involves the cleaning, bleaching, stretching on a frame (a "herse"), and scraping of the skin with a crescent-shaped knife (a "lunarium" or "lunellum"). (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
Another version of the myth of the Athenian maidens is told in Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC 17 AD); in this late variant Hermes falls in love with Herse.
Hermes demands help from Aglaulus to seduce Herse.
Herse, Aglaulus, and Pandrosus go to the temple to offer sacrifices to Athena.
The manufacture involves the cleaning, bleaching, stretching on a frame (a "herse"), and scraping of the skin with a crescent-shaped knife (a "lunarium" or "lunellum").
The skin is washed with water and lime, but not together, and it has to soak in the lime for a couple of days. citation The hair is removed and the skin is dried by attaching it to a frame called a herse.