beltane Meaning, Definition & Usage

Bel"tane noun
Etymology
Gael. bealltainn, bealltuinn.
Definitions
  1. The first day of May (Old Style).
    The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict.
  2. A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.

Webster 1913