well-dressing

[ wel-dres-ing ]

noun

1. (in parts of rural Britain) a traditional ceremony of decorating wells with flowers in thanks for the blessing of an abundant supply of pure water.

well dressing

noun

1. the decoration of wells with flowers, etc: a traditional annual ceremony of great antiquity in some parts of Britain, originally associated with the cult of water deities

Other Words From

• welldresser noun

Example Sentences

This was their well-dressing when they went together to drink from some spring and to dance on the grass.

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At the well-dressing the young men and maidens of Domremy went to the old beech-tree together.

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Jeanne, like all the other damsels of the countryside, took her part in the well-dressing.

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The village of Tissington is noted for the maintenance of an old custom, that of “well-dressing.”

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As such it came in for the annual custom of “well dressing,” a vestige of the old pagan practice of well worship.

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