Bidale
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or BIDALL. An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who thereby hopes charitable contribution for his relief. Something like this seems to be what we call "house-warming," when persons are invited in this manner on their first beginning housekeeping.
Jacob.