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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Rush-bearing

· Rush·-bear·ing · IPA
01 n. A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.
  1. 1.
    A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.[Eng.]