bridal gown

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• bridal gown — noun a gown worn by the bride at a wedding • Syn: ↑wedding gown, ↑wedding dress • Hypernyms: ↑gown …   Useful english dictionary

• gown — c.1300, from O.Fr. goune robe, coat, habit, gown, from L.L. gunna leather garment, skin, hide, of unknown origin. Used by St. Boniface (8c.) for a fur garment permitted for old or infirm monks. Klein writes it is probably a word adopted from a… …   Etymology dictionary

• bridal — [[t]bra͟ɪd(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Bridal is used to describe something that belongs or relates to a bride, or to both a bride and her bridegroom. She wore a floor length bridal gown. ...the bridal party. Syn: wedding …   English dictionary

• bridal — brid|al [ˈbraıdl] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: bridal wedding ceremony (11 20 centuries), from Old English brydealu, from bryd ( BRIDE) + ealu ( ALE)] relating to a wedding or a woman who is getting married ▪ a bridal gown …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bridal — bridally, adv. /bruyd l/, adj. 1. of, for, or pertaining to a bride or a wedding: a bridal gown. n. 2. a wedding. 3. Archaic. a wedding feast. [bef. 1100; ME bridale wedding feast, OE brydealu, equiv. to bryd BRIDE1 + ealu ALE, i.e., ale… …   Universalium

• bridal — brid•al [[t]ˈbraɪd l[/t]] adj. 1) of or for a bride or a wedding: a bridal gown[/ex] 2) a wedding • Etymology: bef. 1100; ME bridale wedding feast, OE brȳdealu …   From formal English to slang

• gown — 01. She looked simply stunning in a classic red strapless evening [gown]. 02. The native chiefs wore their beautiful ceremonial [gowns] at the signing of the historic treaty. 03. The old woman had on a fetching black [gown] and a long string of… …   Grammatical examples in English

• gown — noun 1 woman s long dress ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ floor length ▪ elegant ▪ flowing ▪ She was dressed in a long flowing gown …   Collocations dictionary

• bridal — adj. Bridal is used with these nouns: ↑bouquet, ↑gown, ↑magazine, ↑party, ↑registry, ↑shower, ↑suite, ↑veil, ↑wear …   Collocations dictionary

• wedding gown — noun a gown worn by the bride at a wedding • Syn: ↑bridal gown, ↑wedding dress • Hypernyms: ↑gown …   Useful english dictionary

• Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton — Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waving to the crowd at the Mall sh …   Wikipedia