English Explanatory Dictionary

fastgang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fasting.
  2. Shrove Tuesday.

Word forms

fastgang fast-gang

Etymology

From Middle English fast-gonge, equivalent to fast (“a period of fasting”) + gang (“a going, course”).

Related words

fastens fasterns-een
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