Un″der‐meal′ (?), n. [AS. under under + m�l part or portion; cf. AS. underm�l midday. See Under, Meal a part, and cf. Undern.] 1. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.
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.
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 pears for one undermeal. B. Jonson.
In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers. Nash.