a Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrating the fall harvest and commemorating the desert wandering of the Israelites during the Exodus: observed from the 15th to the 22d day of Tishri
: also ˈSukkos (ˈsʊkoʊs)
Word origin
Heb sukot, pl. of suka, tabernacle; earlier, booth < root skk, to cover, screen