shrovetide

2 definitions found

shrovetide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shrovetide \Shrove"tide`\, n. [From shrive to take a confession
     (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scr[=a]f) + tide.]
     The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the
     period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and
     the morning of Ash Wednesday.
     [1913 Webster]

shrovetide - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Shrovetide
      n 1: immediately preceding Lent