01 n. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.
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The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]“In undermeals and in mornings.” — Chaucer.
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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.