† brides-staken.Obsolete (apparently) a pole used at or associated with a wedding.Quot. a1637 has been interpreted as signifying a pole around which wedding guests would dance. See quots. and discussion at bride staken. at Compounds 1a.
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a1637 B. JonsonKings Entertainm. at Welbeck sig. Oo3v in Wks. (1640) III Trol about the Bride-all Boll, And divide the broad Bride-Cake Round about the Brides-stake.