ramp ceremony
n.— «In what is known as a “ramp ceremony,” the 41-year-old’s coffin was escorted slowly through a guard of honour and onto an RAAF Hercules plane.» —“Australian killed in Afghanistan returning home” ABC Radio Australia Oct. 11, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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