ˈsubcharge
[sub- 5 b, c.]
† 1. A second dish or course. Also fig. Sc. Obs.
| c 1480 Henryson Mor. Fab. ii. (Town & C. Mouse) xviii, Till eik thair cheir ane subcharge furth scho brocht, Ane plait of grottis [etc.]. Ibid. xxvii, The subcharge of thy seruice is bot sair. 1513 Douglas æneid xiii. ix. 118 All ar expert, eftir new mariage, On the first nycht quhat suld be the subcharge. |
2. Subordinate charge.
| 1900 Century Mag. Feb. 503/2, I have seen M. Clémenceau as storm-fiend-in-chief, and M. Clovis Hugues in sub⁓charge of the Cave of the Winds. |