| 单词 | to run for the bride-door |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run (also ride) for the bride-door ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > wedding festivities > [noun] > place where wedding celebrated > door of to run for the bride-door1788 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 318 ‘To run for the bride-door’, is to start for a favor given by a bride to be run for by the youth of the neighbourhood... If the distance be great, as two or three miles, it is customary to ‘ride for the bride-door’. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 21 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. The prize is usually a ribbon, which is worn for the day in the hat of the winner. < as lemmas |
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