Three Hours

a religious observance practiced between noon and three o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

I took it up at the beginning of a three-hours' railway journey.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue|Various
At length after a three-hours' struggle the convent and other defences were captured.
The Land We Live In|Henry Mann
Philip had come out from camp on a three-hours' leave that afternoon, and would have to report again at half-past seven.
An Echo Of Antietam|Edward Bellamy
It was eleven o'clock when I reached the ship: I had, therefore, taken a three-hours' walk.
A Practical Illustration of Woman's Right to Labor|Marie E. Zakrzewska

As this advice seemed rational and as it was only a three-hours walk through the forest I determined to follow it.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg