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benting time

benting time noun: the season (midsummer, apparently), when pigeons were said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.

Noun

benting time (countable and uncountable, plural benting times)

  1. (archaic) The season (midsummer, apparently), when pigeons were said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
    • Bare benting times […] may come.1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Forms of benting time

pluralbenting times

Questions about benting time

What does benting time mean?
Benting time means the season (midsummer, apparently), when pigeons were said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
What part of speech is benting time?
Benting time is a noun.
What is the plural of benting time?
The plural of benting time is benting times.

Words near benting time in the dictionary

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  2. Bentilee
  3. Bentinck
  4. Bentinck Town
  5. Bentincks
  6. benting time
  7. benting times
  8. bentiromide
  9. Bentivegna
  10. Bentivegnas
  11. bentivorous

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