Wedding Glossary
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Toasting glasses - A set of glasses used at a wedding for the bride and groom for their beverages and to use during the toast.
Tuxedo - A single- or double-breasted jacket that is worn at formal or semiformal evening weddings and is paired with matching trousers.
Trellis - A woven wooden frame used as a screen or support for climbing plants and flowers.
Tossing bouquet - This copy of the bridal bouquet is used to throw towards bridesmaids and other female guests after the wedding ceremony.
Tails - This is an abbreviation for the tail coat worn for formal evening weddings.
Tiara - A tiara is a thin jeweled semi-circular headpiece with a higher front and sloping sides worn at the top of the head.
Train - This is an extension to a wedding gown or other dress that trails along the floor behind the wearer.
Tulle - This is a fine mesh used for bridal veils, wedding favors, and sometimes in wedding gowns made from nylon, silk or rayon.
Tiffany (diamond) - A simple 2-3mm ring setting with a head that holds a single diamond.
Tiers - Cakes that are stacked on top of one another to create a multi-layered cake supported in place by pillars.
Trousseau - French, from Old French, diminutive of trousse bundle. The personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares.
Trunk Show - Usually held at a local bridal shop, a trunk show allows a bridal gown designer to "show off" her/his latest designs to the shop's customers.
Tallis - (tal-lis) - The prayer shawl. It is worn by married Jewish men in Orthodox synagogues and all adult men (and some women) in Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist synagogues. It is a rectangular garment with four tzitzit (fringes) on each corner.
Torah - (to-RAH) -The first five books of the Hebrew bible.