vbl. sb. rare. [f. BRIDE v.1 + -ING1.] Wedding; being a bride.
1581. T. Nuce, Seneca’s Octavia, 181. Bridinge chambers banquet wise ydrest.
1861. Trollope, Framley P., III. ix. 159. The quintessence of her briding, the outer veil … of the tabernacle—namely, her wedding-dress.
b. See quot. (Cf. BRIDE v.2)
1598–1611. Florio, Sposarie, bride tricks, puling nice tricks, bridings.
