Quarter-day

Alternative forms

• quarter day

Origin

- + day.

Full definition of quarter-day

Noun

1. (British) Each of the four days customarily regarded as starting a new quarter year, on which rents etc are often due.
• 1908, It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge’ (Norton 2005, p. 1239)

Usage notes

in England: Lady Day (25 March), Midsummer Day (24 June), Michaelmas (29 September), Christmas Day (25 December).

in Scotland: Candlemas (2 February), Whitsun (15 May), Lammas (1 August), Martinmas (11 November).