meal-tide

A form of mealtide — The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime.

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Meanings

nounmeal-tide (countable and uncountable, plural meal-tides)

plural meal-tides

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of mealtide.

    [W]hen meal-tide approaches they remount their steeds and return to drink in Valhalla.

    1847, I. A. Blackwell [possibly a pseudonym], transl., “The Prose Edda”, in Northern Antiquities; or, An Historical Account of […] the Ancient Scandinavians, […], new edition, London: Henry G[eorge] Bohn, […], →OCLC, page 432
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APA

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Chicago

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