Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[See

A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See

The man that ’s bid to

bride-ale

, if he ha' cake,
And drink enough, he need not fear his stake.

B. Jonson.

bride-ale ‎(plural bride-ales)

(archaic) A rustic wedding feast; a bridal.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)