The Collaborative International Dictionary
New-year
New-year \New"-year`\, a. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.
Usage examples of "new-year".
Samples taken in 1971 by fisheries biologists showed that the new-year classes (new generations) of herring were not coming along at anything like a sufficient rate to fill the gaps in the herring ranks.