Practice Bundling (Verb)
Meaning
Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The Amish may start practice bundling around the time a couple becomes engaged to test their self-control and build self-restraint prior to marriage.
- In practice bundling, couples sleep in the same bed and the purpose is to test a couple's ability to withstand temptation.
- Before Western cultural norms completely took over the customs of the Appalachian colonies, young women here also engaged in practice bundling with their fiances prior to marriage.
- In some Eastern European and colonial American cultures, practice bundling involved young people sleeping together in the same bed, often to fend off cold during winter.
- Contrary to how the term often seems, practice bundling often implemented measures such as tying oneself to the bed frame to help make the couple more chaste.