bridal

From Middle English bridale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding ale; wedding feast”). The attributive use was strengthened by association with bride +‎ -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʌɪdl̩/
• (US) enPR: brīd-(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪd(ə)l/
• Homophone: bridle
• Rhymes: -aɪd(ə)l

bridal (plural bridals)

1. (archaic) A wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:

     […] the crowne, which Ariadne wore / Upon her yvory forehead, that same day / That Theseus her unto his bridal bore […]

• bride

bridal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.

   bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber

• bridal couple
• bridal day

• labrid, ribald

bridal

1. Alternative form of bridale