| 释义 |
ˈgut-tide Obs. or dial.
Also 8 gutties.
[An alteration of good tide (see good A. 8 c); perh. a mere phonetic development, though association with gut n. would inevitably suggest itself.]
Shrove Tuesday; also gen., a time of feasting.
[1547: see good A. 8 c.] 1608Middleton Fam. Love iv. i. 47 At what time wert thou bound, Club! at Guttide, Hollantide, or Candletide? 1631J. Burges Answ. Rejoined 323 [He] is content to impute to Hester, Mordecai, and all the Iewes, the decreeing of a Gut-tide, rather then of an holy Festivall. 1797F. Leighton Let. to J. Boucher 25 Apr. (MS.), You will be pleased to add to your Shropshire words..Gutties Day—Shrove Tuesday—evidently from the Guts. 1820[see good A. 8 c]. 1847Halliwell, Guttide. 1887S. Cheshire Gloss., Guttit, Shrovetide; lit. Good tide. Guttit Tuesday is the name for Shrove Tuesday. |