'bridal' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used as an adjective to refer to things related to a bride. For example: "The bridal party looked beautiful in their matching dresses."
If you are wearing something slinky, don't get hung up on whether bridal underwear is "beautiful" or not – it probably won't be.
There were leather gloves, dominatrix high heels, and Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst closed the show in a black bridal dress.
The style of collar (so named because it came to popularity after being used in the first American stage version of JM Barrie's play in the early 20th century) was popular on children's clothing in the 1920s, and on bridal gowns in the 1930s.
One happy fellow wore a bridal skirt and a tuxedo jacket.
Many other couples dressed in bridal gear were greeted enthusiastically by the watching crowd.
Sex out of wedlock remains taboo, yet the cost of lavish weddings, hefty dowry payments and the bridal requirement of a furnished, paid-for home have pushed the average age of marriage in many Arab countries into the 30s.
The definition of "wife" is open to question too: Gnostic writing also features terms such as "bridal chamber", used without any connotation of sexual intimacy.In this section Virtual relations Launderers Anonymous Brideshead revisited ReprintsNor is it unusual for other ancient texts to differ from the Bible's four "canonical" gospels.
TV ads show a just-married couple using the bridal bed to scan wedding cheques.
At the end they say stuff like [adopts LA accent], "Sorry, you're not bridal-ready".
Whilst the abrasive Julie manoeuvres him into an expenses-paid wedding to be covered by her magazine employer "Bridal-360", Jonathan's heartstrings get tangled up with other romantic contenders: a gorgeous French baker, an androgynous colleague, the aforementioned British vet.
Two of his best-known poems are De triumphis ecclesiae ("On the Triumphs of the Church"), which gives a detailed account of the crusade against the Cathari, and Epithalamium beatae Mariae Virginis ("Bridal Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary").
