Shrove Tuesday

[ shrohv tooz-dey, -dee, tyooz- ]

noun

1. the last day of Shrovetide, once observed as a time of confession and absolution, later as a season of merrymaking before Lent. Fat Tuesday ( def ), Mardi Gras ( def 1 ).

Shrove Tuesday

noun

1. the last day of Shrovetide; Pancake Day

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shrove Tuesday¹

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

It was on Shrove-Tuesday, after dark, that their attention was roused by a strange, crackling noise.

From Project Gutenberg

Our custom of eating pancakes on Shrove-Tuesday, was probably borrowed from the Greek church.

From Project Gutenberg

Which, accordingly providing, prepared his company for that journey, entering it upon Shrove-Tuesday (3rd February).

From Project Gutenberg

Shrove-Tuesday, all cased in in hams, was astride of a roe whose many-branched antlers were loaded with partridges.

From Project Gutenberg

Shrove-Tuesday he fears as much as the bauds, and Lent is more damage to him than the butcher.

From Project Gutenberg