English Dictionary

banyan day

名詞

イギリス英語 古風 慣用表現

(dated, UK, nautical, idiomatic) In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship. / (UK, nautical, idiomatic) A picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.

日本語の意味

英国海軍の伝統において、船上での台所が肉料理を提供しなかった曜日を指す。 / 船員向けのピクニックや船上での料理会（クックアウト）の意味合いがある。

On banyan day, the ship's crew gathered for a simple, meatless meal prepared in the galley.

英国海軍の伝統で艦内で肉が出されない日は、乗組員たちが炊事場で用意された質素な食事を共にした。

意味（1）

(dated, UK, nautical, idiomatic) 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, Wednesday, or Friday, two successive banyan (or starvation) days would have been our dismal portion.

意味（2）

(UK, nautical, idiomatic) A picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.

banyan days （ plural ）