- 1. n. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon. Source: opted
- 2. n. Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta. Source: opted
- 3. 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. Source: webster
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