banyan day | Idiomator

Meaning: (dated,UK,nautical,idiomatic)InBritishnavaltradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.1819,James Hardy Vaux,Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux,Chapter XVIII, p. 204-205: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 successivebanyan(or starvation)dayswould have been our dismal portion.; (UK,nautical,idiomatic)Apicnicorcookoutfor the ship's crew.

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