a feast held at ploughing time; spec. a ritual entertainment for the first ploughing of the season.

a parish festival held to celebrate a royal anniversary, celebrated by drinking ale, feasting, and entertainments; cf. ale, n. 2.

A birthday feast. Obsolete. rare.

A first feast.

= mayor's banquet n.

attributive esp. in sheep-shearing feast.

The feast held at the shearing-season.

As a modifier, designating a social gathering held to celebrate a child's christening, as in christening feast, christening party, etc.

An annual dinner given by employers to their work-people. Also, (colloquial) any festive occasion.

(See quot. 1819 and cf. upsitting, n.)

a dinner, usually consisting of traditional dishes, served on Thanksgiving Day.

An opulent ceremonial feast (among certain North American Indian peoples of the north-west coast) at which possessions are given away or…

slang. elliptical for stag-dinner n., stag-party n. at compounds 1c, etc. (compounds 1c). North American.

a dinner held after a wedding rehearsal, usually in the evening before the wedding, and traditionally hosted by the groom's family.