From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Martinmas \Mar"tin*mas\, noun [St. Martin + mass religious service.] (Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called {martlemans}.
{Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. --Percy Smith.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland [syn: {St Martin's Day}, {11 November}]
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