Obs. or dial. [f. BRIDE- = wedding.] The house where a wedding is held.
1550. Coverdale, Spir. Perle, xii. Wks. 1844, I. 133. From the … marriage or bride-house goeth many one home heavy and sad.
1594. Taming of Shrew, in Halliwell’s Shaks., VI. 281. We shall have good cheere anon at the bridehouse.
1675. T. Brooks, Gold. Key, Wks. 1867, V. 554. She may … be brought into the bride-house with all solemnity.
