A feast or merry-making held on the completion of the harvest; a harvest-home or harvest-supper. (Thing and name are passing out of use.)
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > harvest-home feast (7) kirn1777 A feast or merry-making held on the completion of the harvest; a harvest-home or harvest-supper. (Thing and name are passing out of use.) kirn-supper1777 the harvest-home supper (see also churn-supper n. at churn, n. compounds 2). maiden feast1797 the feast after cutting the maiden (see sense A. 8). churn-supper1801 (= kirn-supper n. at kirn, n.2 compounds 2, kirn, n.1 1 a churn, being identified with kirn, n.2 1 a harvest-home), a supper given at a harvest-home. kirn-feast1846 hay-home supper1860 a meal to celebrate the successful bringing home of the hay; cf. harvest home, n. churn-getting1866 = churn-supper n. |
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