scambling day

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

scambling day (plural scambling days)

1. (obsolete) One of the days during Lent when meat was scarce.
   • 1863, William Meynell Whittemore, Sunshine, page 2:

     "You will get no dinner to-day, Roger," said she cheerfully, "for this is scambling day, and nothing will be dressed. Don't you see the kitchen fire is not lighted?"