The middle of winter; spec. †(a) Christmas Day (25 December) (obsolete); (b) the day of the winter solstice (21 or 22 December in the northern…

The season of winter; = wintertime, n.

The season between autumn and spring (generally regarded as lasting from December to February in the northern hemisphere and from June to August…

The season of winter; the time during which winter lasts.

Winter; esp. in poetic personification.

the time of snow, winter.

= Dead period, season, or stage. dead of night, dead of winter: the time of intensest stillness, darkness, cold, etc.; = ‘depth’ (of winter). †dead of…

a second winter when spring is expected, a renewal of winter; = back-winter n. at back-, comb._form affix 2.

a return of winter after its regular time.

As marking a period of time; a winter.

Chiefly poetic. Frost or winter personified as a powerful or regal woman. Obsolete.

a winter marked by snow and hard frost.