schooltide

English

Etymology

school +‎ -tide

Noun

schooltide (uncountable)

1. (archaic) schooltime
   • 1837, John Gibson Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, volume 1, page 26:

     My greatest intimate, from the days of my schooltide, was Mr. John Irving, now a Writer to the Signet.

   • 1858, Margaret Agnes Paul, Uncle Ralph, page 198:

     […] Miriam's absolute silence respecting her home, gave rise to the suspicion that she shared the hapless fate of those to whom schooltide and holidays are alike. But, while Miriam made no friends, she had not a few admirers […]