Shrovetide

[ shrohv-tahyd ]

/ ˈʃroʊvˌtaɪd /

the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.

Origin of Shrovetide

First recorded in 1375–1425, Shrovetide is from the late Middle English word shroftyde. See shrove, tide¹

Among their plats was one of pancakes, made right artistically, and as though in regard of Shrovetide.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 |Various
It was on the eve of Shrovetide, in the wilds about sixty versts from the railroad.

The Awakening |Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy
And this play is showed especially about Shrovetide, called in Italian Macchararum.

The Pirate |Sir Walter Scott
Shrovetide,—in its original meaning, signifies the time of confessing sins to a priest.

The Book of Curiosities |I. Platts

Suppose we should find ourselves pent up between the Chitterlings and Shrovetide?

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois Rabelais

Shrovetide

/ (ˈʃrəʊvˌtaɪd) /

the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, formerly a time when confessions were made in preparation for Lent