{Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. --Percy Smith. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Martinmas — Mar tin*mas, n. [St. Martin + mass religious service.] (Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; often called {martlemans}. [1913 Webster] {Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Martinmas summer — Martinmas Mar tin*mas, n. [St. Martin + mass religious service.] (Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; often called {martlemans}. [1913 Webster] {Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
