Category:Opetide

Ope"tide`, n. Etym: [ope + tide.]

Defn: open time; -- applied to different things: (a) the early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [archaic] nares. (b) the time between epiphany and ash wednesday wherein marriages Were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [eng.] (c) the time after harvest when the common fields are open to all Kinds of stock. [prov.Eng.] Halliwell. [written also opentide.]