 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1847 - 518 sider
...at the church-door until the marriage is over, and then run to the bride's door. The prize a riband, which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. North. BRIDE-LACES. A kind of broad riband or small streamer, often worn at weddings, alluded to in... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1850 - 534 sider
...at the church-door until the marriage is over, and then run to the bride's door. The prize a riband, which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. North. BRIDE-LACES. A kind of broad riband or small streamer, often worn at weddings, alluded to in... | |
 | Francis Kildale Robinson - 1855 - 264 sider
...Brant. Bride-door. To run "for the bride-door;" the race for the bride's gift by young men, who wait at the church-door till the marriage ceremony is over....which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. This practice is confined to our country places. Bride-wain, a carriage loaded with household goods,... | |
 | Francis Kildale Robinson - 1855 - 260 sider
...RIDE-DOOR. To run “for the bride-door;” the race for the bride's gift by young men, who wait at the church-door till the marriage ceremony is over....which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. This practice is confined to our country places. BRIDE-WAIN, a carriage loaded with household goods,... | |
 | Francis Kildale Robinson - 1855 - 224 sider
...Brant. BRIDE-DOOR. To run "for the bride-door;" the race for the bride's gift by young men, who wait at the church-door till the marriage ceremony is over....which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. This practice is confined to our country places. BRIDE-WAIN, a carriage loaded with household goods,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1860 - 570 sider
...at the church-door until the marriage is over, and then run to the bride's door. The prize a riband, which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. North. BRIDE-LACES. A kind of broad riband or small streamer, often worn at weddings, alluded to in... | |
 | Walter William Skeat - 1874 - 410 sider
...church-door until the marriage ceremony be over, and from thence run to the bride's door. The prize, a ribbon, •which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. If the distance be great, as two or three miles, it is customary to 'ride for the bride-door.' Bride-wain,... | |
 | Rev. W. W. Skeat - 1874 - 388 sider
...church-door until the marriage ceremony be over, and from thence run to the bride's door. The prize, a ribbon, •which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. If the distance be great, as two or three miles, it is customary to 'ride for the bride-door.' Bride-wain,... | |
 | John Harland - 1876 - 484 sider
...wait at the church-door until the marriage ceremony bo over, and from thence run to tho bride's-door. The prize [is usually] a ribbon which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner.' See EDS Gloss. B. 2. The ribbon is understood to be a delicate substitute fur the bride's garters,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1881 - 524 sider
...at the church-door until the marriage is over, and then run to the bride's door. The prize a riband, which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. North. BRIDE-LACES. A kind of broad riband or small streamer, often worn at weddings, alluded to in... | |
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run for the bride-door" is to join in the race for the bride's gift, run by divers of the young men of the neighbourhood, who wait near the church-door till the marriage ceremony is over. The prize is usually a ribbon, which is worn for the day in the... 
