fill-dyke

English

Etymology

fill +‎ dyke

Proper noun

fill-dyke

1. Alternative form of February fill-dike
   • 1998 February, Susan Crewe, “From the Editor”, in House & Garden (UK edition), volume 53, number 2 (whole number 559):

     Even Anglo-Saxon spin doctors gave up when it came to giving February a good name. Our ancestors called this dreary month 'Sprout-Kale', on account of cabbages being the only things that were showing signs of life. When they weren't saying things like, 'I'll be glad when Sprout-Kale is over,' they were grumbling, 'Fill-Dyke is wetter than usual' because that was another term they used for this depressing time of year.

   • [2016, Melissa Harrison, Rain: Four Walks in English Weather, →ISBN:

     Fill-dyke: February, the month of rainfall]

See also

• fill-dike