"mealtide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mealtides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English meeletide, equivalent to meal + -tide (“time, period, hour”). Compare Dutch maaltijd, German Mahlzeit, Icelandic máltíð. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|meeletide}} Middle English meeletide, {{af|en|meal|-tide|id2=time|t2=time, period, hour}} meal + -tide (“time, period, hour”), {{cog|nl|maaltijd}} Dutch maaltijd, {{cog|de|Mahlzeit}} German Mahlzeit, {{cog|is|máltíð}} Icelandic máltíð Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mealtide (countable and uncountable, plural mealtides)
  1. (archaic) The tide or time when one receives his part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Synonyms: meal-tide, meal tide

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