Opetide

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Open time; -- applied to different things:

2. The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [Archaic] Nares.

3. The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.]

4. The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell. [Written also opentide.]