Whitsun-night

English

Noun

Whitsun-night (plural Whitsun-nights)

1. The night of Whitsunday.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158:

     There was a farmer who had a mill that was burnt down two Whitsun-nights in succession.