单词 | grass time |
释义 | grass time [Cf. grass n.1 8.] The time of year when animals are at grass.
c1386Chaucer Reeve's Prol. 14 Gras tyme is doon, my fodder is now forage. 1637Earl of Strafford Lett. II. 60 A Place which..affords Sport to pass over a Grass-time. 1838J. Grant Sk. Lond. 302 ‘Here's a capital good 'un, Sir; three years old next grass-time, Sir’, was the recommendation of his donkey, which was given by a fourth. ¶ Misused for grease-time. (Cf. grass n.1 5 ¶ .)
1590Cokaine Treat. Hunting C iv, You must beware that you offer not to hunt the Bucke before the first day of Grasse time. |

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