[see TIME.] The hour or time for going to bed. fig. = ‘hour of death.’
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 324. Ich singe an eve … And soththe won hit is bed-time.
1590. Shaks., Mids. N., V. i. 34. What dances shall we haue … Between our after supper, and bed-time?
1743. Wesley, Jrnl. (1749), 62. The Lord’s prayer, which they were made say at rising and bed-time.
fig. 1870. Alford, in Life (1873), 457. I only hope the Master’s work may be got done by bedtime.
