a feast held at ploughing time; spec. a ritual entertainment for the first ploughing of the season.
| 单词 | θ52439 |
| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > celebration (4) plough feast1355 a feast held at ploughing time; spec. a ritual entertainment for the first ploughing of the season. Plough Monday1498 The first Monday after Epiphany, on which the start of the ploughing season is traditionally celebrated by a procession of disguised ploughmen… plough day1550 †(a) a day on which the tenant was bound to plough for his lord (obsolete); (b) = Plough Monday, n. plough-witch Monday1827 A mummer participating in the celebration of Plough Monday. Frequently in plough-witch Monday n. = Plough Monday, n. Cf. plough bullock, n. 2. |
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