The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underbearer
Underbearer \Un"der*bear`er\, n. One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
Wiktionary
underbearer
n. One who helps to bear or carry the corpse or accessories at a funeral.
Usage examples of "underbearer".
Thomas's, an' all th' underbearers and pall-bearers as I'n picked for my funeral are i' this parish and the next to 't.