1. the winter season; wintertime
Usage: literary; archaic

Examples

• The old poem spoke of the harsh wintertide when snow covered the land.
• During wintertide, the village was often cut off from the outside world.
• The storyteller described the long wintertide nights by the fire.
• In wintertide, the bare trees stood like sentinels against the gray sky.
• The ancient calendar marked the beginning of wintertide with special ceremonies.