shrovetide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun immediately preceding Lent

WordNet

Shrove"tide` noun
Etymology
From shrive to take a confession (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scraf) + tide.
Definitions
  1. The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

Webster 1913