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ˈopen ˌtime
The time during which anything specified is open: spec. †a. The time after harvest when cattle might be turned into the open fields. †b. The time out of Lent when no fast is imposed. c. That which is not close-time for fish, etc.
[1293Notit. ann. 21 Edw. I Glouc. rot. 14 in Abbrev. Placit. 232 Habeant communiam pasturæ per omnes terras suas in Shenington Tempore Aperto et post fena et blada collecta.] 1483Rolls of Parlt. VI. 257/1 Aswell in opyn tyme called Averes tyme, as all other tymes. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 6 b, If their commen feldes lye toguyder vnclosed in opyn tyme whan haruest is in. a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 861 Their dewtyes..That they ought by the lawe..In open tyme and in Lent. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. i. iii. (1636) 150 They fast not upon Saturdaies in open time but onely Wensdaies and Fridaies. |