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Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
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bundling
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bundling \bundling\ n. a former custom, especially in New England, in which unmarried couples occupied the same bed without undressing, especially during courtship. See bundle[2] , v. i. the act of binding something into a bundle. the act of shoving hastily; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Arrangement in a bundle or collection. vb. (present participle of bundle English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bundling , or tarrying , is the traditional practice of wrapping one person in a bed accompanied by another, usually as a part of courting behavior. The tradition is thought to have originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a one-time custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing the act of binding something into a bundle the act of shoving hastily; "she complained about bundling the children off to school"
Usage examples of bundling.
In Kongville I sat indoors, breathing canned air under artificial light, and dickered with dudes over bundling bins.
I said, “Mum, Bog strike me dead, I have not taken a bundling companion.
From your voice, your breathing, your heartbeat, and the fact that you are alone in a bundling room with a mature male I extrapolate that you are female human, sixtyfive-plus kilos in mass, and of mature years, on the close order of thirty.
If you think I will accept expensive clothing from a man I’m not even bundling with!
When Sidris got through, Wyoh could have gone bundling without fretting about her disguise.
If you think I will accept expensive clothing from a man I'm not even bundling with!
The women sorting herbs for immediate decoction or bundling sprigs for drying looked up with ready curiosity at Catrice's mother.
Rosarn looked up from bundling sheaves of arrows into oiled skins to save them from salt and damp.
Ryshad ripped off his jerkin and shirt, Sorgrad doing the same and bundling the linen tight.
Oh, I won't say that I would turn him down for a night of bundling if he asked me gracefully.
Oh, I won’t say that I would turn him down for a night of bundling if he asked me gracefully.