Definition of "eve"

I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve

Mid-19th century, John Clare, Autumn

And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.

1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42–43

Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.

2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79