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after-winter
after-winter n. 
/ˈaftəˌwɪntə/,
Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌwɪntə/
, /ˈɑːftəˌwɪntə//ˈaftəˌwɪntə/U.S. /ˈæftərˌwɪn(t)ər/
now rare a second winter when spring is expected, a renewal of winter; = back-winter n. at back- comb. form 2./ˈæftərˌwɪn(t)ər/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > winter
midwinterOE
wintertideOE
winterOE
wintertimea1398
hiemsc1450
snow-time1535
dead of winter1548
after-winter1593
back-winter1599
snow1778
ice queen1818
old-fashioned winter1829
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > cold spell > in spring
after-winter1593
blackthorn wintera1793
ice saint1873
Buchan1923
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 37 As good as a prognostication of an after-winter.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xxv Putting us in good hope, that al cold weather was gone: howbeit, there ensued a most bitter after-winter.
1766 E. Buys Sewel's Compl. Dict. Eng. & Dutch (new ed.) II. 511/2 Naawinter, an after-winter, or the latter part of the winter.
1853 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 414 In March, an after winter fell upon us, which caused great injury to the woods and the crops.
1905 Birds & Nature Feb. 91/1 It is common to expect an after-winter, and this, in several places in Denmark and Scania, has been named ‘Lapwing-winter, Lapwing-snow’, because it comes just after the arrival of the lapwing.
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