eventide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
    even; evening; eve.
    • he enjoyed the evening light across the lake

WordNet

E"ven*tide` noun
Etymology
AS. æfentid. See Tide.
Definitions
  1. The time of evening; evening. Poetic. Spenser.

Webster 1913