arch. [f. BRIDE- = wedding.] The nuptial couch, the marriage bed.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 575/2. Ere they went to theyr bryde bedde.
1602. Shaks., Ham., V. i. 268. I thought thy Bride-bed to haue deckt (sweet Maid).
1848. Kingsley, Saint’s Trag., IV. i. 182. What right have I to arrogate Christ’s bride-bed?
