“Lowsin’-time” is a Dialect form of “loosing time,” referring to the end of the working day, when a worker is free from labour. In rural settings, especially farming communities, it often suggests the evening moment when people return home after work. The word adds local speech, seasonal routine, and domestic warmth to a poem’s depiction of country life.

The term comes from the verb “to loose,” meaning “to release” or “set free.” In this context, workers are “loosed” from their labour. “Lowsin’” represents a regional pronunciation of “loosing,” with the apostrophe showing that the final sound of “-ing” has been dropped in speech. It is closely related to modern expressions such as “knocking-off time,” “clocking-out time,” and “quitting time.” In Moorman’s poem, the term is not merely a time reference: it helps establish a working-class rural Yorkshire setting and contrasts an ordinary, affectionate domestic memory with the later grief of losing “lile Doad.”