Forenight

Quick meaning: Forenight is a noun meaning (Scotland) The evening time, between twilight and bedtime.

Meaning

(Scotland) The evening time, between twilight and bedtime.

Example Sentences

the rancher, who has sheep to lose, sits shivering in his log house through the long forenights with a Marlin rifle handy, while the famished timber wolves prowl about his clearing.

“Then I minded the tales my father used to tell me in the winter forenight of Wicked Wat Fergus of Craignesslin, how he used to rise from his bed and blow his horn and ride off to the Whig-hunting

Yes, it is a low fire with an immense iron crane over it, on which half a dozen pots at a time can swing in comfort; a hearth on which logs of wood and peat can burn, a hearth that a dozen happy and contented faces can scarce encircle on a winter's forenight.

Word Forms

• forenights
• fore-night

Synonyms for forenight

Depending on context, synonyms include eve, eventide, undern.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foredawn, nightbreak, beforenoon, predawn, predusk, predarkness.

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