Un"der*meal` (?), n. [AS. under under
+ m&?;l part or portion; cf. AS. underm&?;l midday. See
Under, Meal a part, and cf. Undern.]
1. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the
afternoon. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In undermeals and in mornings.
Chaucer.
2. Hence, something occurring or done in the
afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a
siesta. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready
for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.
Withals
(1608).
I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for
one undermeal.
B. Jonson.
In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal
of the seven sleepers.
Nash.
Un"der*meal` (?), n. [AS. under under
+ m&?;l part or portion; cf. AS. underm&?;l midday. See
Under, Meal a part, and cf. Undern.]
1. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the
afternoon. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In undermeals and in mornings.
Chaucer.
2. Hence, something occurring or done in the
afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a
siesta. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready
for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.
Withals
(1608).
I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for
one undermeal.
B. Jonson.
In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal
of the seven sleepers.
Nash.
