| 单词 | bride bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride bush bride bush n. now historical a bush, bouquet, or garland associated with a wedding. N.E.D. (1884) defined this sense as: ‘a bush hung out at the (village) alehouse in honour of a wedding’. Though this interpretation also occurs frequently in modern glossaries and popular history books (cf. quot. 1985), it is not supported by contextual uses, and seems to have arisen as a result of assumptions relating to bush n.1 5a. See also bride stake n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [noun] > other equipment or accessories wedding-torcha1616 bride bush1617 wedding-cards1847 1617 W. Whately (title) A bride-bush, or a wedding sermon: compendiously describing the duties of married persons. 1631 J. Taylor Complaint of Christmas 12 His sprig of Rosemary on his head,..like a Bride-bush. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. at Bridal Some have asserted that the bridal is so denominated from the circumstance of the bride..selling ale on the wedding day... The word bride-bush is attributed to the same custom,..a bush at the end of a stake being once the usual sign in country places for the alehouse. 1985 J. R. Gillis For Better, for Worse iii. 98 They removed to the alehouse or the village green, where they set out signs called ‘bride stakes’ or ‘bride bushes’ to announce their wedding feast to friends, neighbors, and even passing strangers. < as lemmas |
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