harvest-home Meaning, Definition & Usage

Har"vest-home" noun

Definitions

1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.

   Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak.

2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden.
3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.