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Lammastide

[ lam-uh s-tahyd ]

/ ˈlæm əsˌtaɪd /

noun

the season of Lammas.

Origin of Lammastide

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at Lammas, tide¹

Example sentences from the Web for lammastide

When Lammastide came, all the freemen kept holiday for joy that harvest time had come.

Britain in the Middle Ages |Florence L. Bowman
In the English, and in all Scots versions, men “win their hay” at Lammastide.

Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy |Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for lammastide

Lammastide

/ (ˈlæməsˌtaɪd) /

noun

archaic the season of Lammas