Definition of "liberty-day" [liberty-day]

• Nautical, a day on which liberty is granted. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Our forecastle, as usual after a liberty-day, was a scene of tumult all night long, from the drunken ones."
• "As we were to be here over Sunday, and Monterey was the best place to go ashore on the whole coast, and we had had no liberty-day for nearly three months, every one was for going ashore."
• "It is a pity that some other arrangement is not made in merchant vessels, with regard to the liberty-day."