Lammastide

[lam-uh s-tahyd]

noun

the season of Lammas.

Origin of Lammastide

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at Lammas, tide¹

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Historical Examples of lammastide

In the English, and in all Scots versions, men “win their hay” at Lammastide.
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy
Andrew Lang
When Lammastide came, all the freemen kept holiday for joy that harvest time had come.
Britain in the Middle Ages
Florence L. Bowman

British Dictionary definitions for lammastide

Lammastide

noun

archaic the season of Lammas

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