(A meal consisting of) food left over from the main household meal, given to servants and other dependants; second table; frequently attributive, as "lattermeat hall", "†latter-meat man", "latter-meat room", "†latter-meat table".
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Rule of St. Benet.
Definition of lattermeat in US English:
lattermeat
noun
Scottish rare, historical
(A meal consisting of) food left over from the main household meal, given to servants and other dependants; second table; frequently attributive, as "lattermeat hall", "†latter-meat man", "latter-meat room", "†latter-meat table".
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Rule of St. Benet.