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Gretna Green
Gret·na Green G0266500 (grĕt′nə) A village of southern Scotland on the English border. From 1754 to 1856 it was a common destination for eloping English couples seeking to wed under Scotland's relatively lax marriage laws.Gretna Green (ˈɡrɛtnə) n (Placename) a village in S Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway on the border with England: famous smithy where eloping couples were married by the blacksmith from 1754 until 1940, when such marriages became illegal. Pop: 2705 (2001)Gret′na Green′ (ˈgrɛt nə)
n. a village in S Scotland, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married. Gretna Green
Gretna Green, village, Dumfries and Galloway, S Scotland, on the border with England. It was famous as a place of runaway marriages from 1754, when English marriage law was tightened, until 1856, when a law was passed requiring that one of the parties to marriage in Scotland must reside in Scotland for at least 21 days before issuance of the license.Gretna Greenplace in Scotland, just across the English border, where elopers could be married without formalities. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 418]See: MarriageGretna Green a village in S Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway on the border with England: famous smithy where eloping couples were married by the blacksmith from 1754 until 1940, when such marriages became illegal. Pop.: 2705 (2001) |