Obs. [f. FAST sb. + ME. gong, act of going, see GANG.] Shrove-Tuesday; = FASTINGONG. Also attrib. in fastgong-tide (spelt after Norfolk pronunciation fasguntide), Shrovetide.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 151/1. Fast gonge, or schroffetyde, or gowtyde, carniprivium.
1674–81. Blount, Glossogr., Fasguntide or Fastingtide, Shrovetide, so called in Norfolk, being the time when the Fast of Lent begins.
