day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting†; eventide, nightfall,
curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of
the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime.
afternoon, postmeridian, p.m.
autumn, fall, fall of the leaf; autumnal equinox; Indian summer,
St.
Luke's summer, St.
Martin's summer.
midnight; dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night,
witching time of night; winter; killing time.
Adj. vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal.
Phr. midnight, the outpost of advancing day [Longfellow]; sable-vested
Night [Milton]; this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd [Young].