| See under Lammas (def. 2). |
[lam-uh
s] 
| 1. | a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed. |
| 2. | a festival (Feast of St. Peter's Chains) observed by Roman Catholics on August 1, in memory of St. Peter's imprisonment and his miraculous deliverance. |