barnight

noun
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)naɪt/UK

Etymology

From bar + night.

  1. inherited from *nókʷts — “night
  2. inherited from *nahts — “night
  3. inherited from *naht — “night
  4. inherited from niht
  5. inherited from nighte
  6. compounded as barnight — “bar + night

Definitions

  1. An evening party, normally for a society

    • Another RSMU event, a South African barnight, was also cancelled last term, again after numerous press enquiries.
    • On Wednesday last week at ACC Barnight it is reported that a member punched a member of Rugby for “pick-ing up one of [our] pints”.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for barnight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA