御おん帯おび料りょう

noun

betrothal money from man to woman

Historical term for money given by a man to a woman at betrothal, often for an obi sash. Compare 御袴料 (おんはかまりょう), money for a hakama. Rare in modern usage.

See also: 御袴料

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、結ゆい納のうの際さいに御おん帯おび料りょうを贈おくる習しゅう慣かんがあった。

  In the Edo period, there was a custom of giving betrothal money (on-obi-ryō) at the engagement ceremony.