A potation, a drinking; a time for drinking.

colloquial (originally Nautical)the sun is over the yardarm (also foreyard) and variants: it is time for the first alcoholic drink of the day…

(a) the time at which a shop, office, public house, etc., opens for business; (b) the time that a device takes to open.

The action of chuck, v.2; throwing, ejecting; hence chucking-out, ejection. Frequently in chucking-out time (in a public house).

the hours during which alcoholic drinks may legally be sold.

the time at which drinks cease to be served in a public house.

(a) U.S. Navy a period of time during which entertainment of various types is provided for the crew on board a ship; (b) originally U.S. a period…