| 单词 | bride-lifting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride-lifting bride-lifting n. rare abduction of a bride; esp. the practice of abducting women for the purpose of marriage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > bride-lifting bride-lifting1865 1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 712/1 On the evening of the wedding day, Guenevere..was surprised by some villains lying in wait behind a thicket. They were carrying her off..when Merlin..pounced on them and deprived them of all wish or power for any future bride-lifting. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana vii. 186 Such a system of ‘bride-lifting’ is obviously opposed to that of marriage by families. 1940 O. F. Raum Chaga Childhood iv. vii. 282 The use of bows and arrows, and the elaboration of the exceptional bride-lifting into a general symbol of marriage, are apparently handed down from one generation of children to the other. < as lemmas |
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