Undermeal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Undermeal is a noun meaning (obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.
Meaning
(obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap.
- (obsolete) An afternoon meal or snack.
Example Sentences
In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers.
I think I am furnished for [=with] Cather'ne pears, [enough] for one undermeal.
Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.
By the time—he hath din'd at a taverne, and slept his undermeals at a bawdy-house, his purse is [empty].
Word Forms
- undermeals
Synonyms for undermeal
Depending on context, synonyms include noon, terce, shut-eye, meal, undern, siesta.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include undertide, undern, undertime, nooning, afternoone, morning.
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