banyan days
banyan days is the plural of banyan day.
Meaning of banyan day
Noun
banyan day (plural banyan days)
- In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.
- This was a favourable circumstance in one respect to myself and the ship's company, for as Tuesday is a sumptuous day in point of allowance in the navy, beef and pudding being the prescribed fare for dinner, we by this accident feasted two days together; whereas had it occurred on a Monday...1819, James Hardy Vaux, Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux, Chapter XVIII, p. 204-205
- A picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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