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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon..
By the time—he hath din'd at a taverne, and slept his undermeals at a bawdy-house, his purse is [empty].
In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers.
Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.
I think I am furnished for [=with] Cather'ne pears, [enough] for one undermeal.
Why should not thy soul have her due drinks, breakfasts, meals, undermeals, bevers, and aftermeals, as well as thy body?'
Use undermeal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Undermeal means (obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon..
Common synonyms include noon, terce, shut-eye, meal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
By the time—he hath din'd at a taverne, and slept his undermeals at a bawdy-house, his purse is [empty].
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