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ˈmeal-time
[f. meal n.2 + time.]
The usual time for eating a meal.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal hine ibidan on a-sette tidan and her meltiman metes ne arinan. 13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxvii. 937 Whon mon haþ at meeltyme such as he wile, Tak þat he haþ neode of. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 500 Aboute mydday whan most liȝte is and mele tyme of seintes. 1611Bible Ruth ii. 14 And Boaz sayde vnto her, At meale time come thou hither. 1704M. Henry Commun. Comp. iii. Wks. 1853 I. 306/1 The great Master of the family would have none of his children missing at meal-time. 1860S. Wilberforce Addr. Ordination 134 We must not break in on the meal-time of the poor. |