English Dictionary

banyan day

noun

(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.

I sat under the shade of a banyan tree on a hot summer day.

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.