Definition of "close-time" [close-time]

• A season of the year during which it is unlawful to catch or kill certain kinds of game and fish. Also close-season. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Midgard was first, close-time, and I dropped the tablet on the ceremonial steps of the Asgard, thunderbolting the statue of the Serpent as I did."
• ""Human nature being what it is there is no close-time for sin -- nor for goodness either, God be thanked," he added hastily."
• "British farmers would in future be allowed to destroy pheasants with as little compunction as if they were rabbits, and with no regard to the sacredness of close-time."