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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A rustic wedding feast Northern-England, archaic

   "here was a bride-ale broke In the nick"

2. 2
   The warmed, sweetened, and spiced ale presented to a wedding party on its return from church. Northern-England

Synonyms

All synonyms

bridal

Example

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"here was a bride-ale broke In the nick"

Etymology

From Middle English brydale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding feast”), equivalent to bride + ale.

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