'Bride-ale' definitions:

Definition of 'Bride-ale'

From: GCIDE
  • Bride-ale \Bride"-ale`\, n. [See Bridal.] A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale. [1913 Webster]
  • The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]