undermeal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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].”

2. isim Synonym of siesta: an afternoon nap.

   “In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers.”

3. isim An afternoon meal or snack.

   “Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.”