rere-supper

* A rere-supper was a night-meal, and sometimes signified a

Ivanhoe 1892

The ladies at length swept out of the hall, and Robert and Alexander called for more wine for a rere-supper to drink to James's good journey; but Kennedy tore himself from their hospitable violence, and again he and

The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

"It is indeed full time," said the noble Athelstane; "for, if we ride not the faster, the worthy Abbot Waltheoff's preparations for a rere-supper [25] will be altogether spoiled."

Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801

24 A rere-supper was a night-meal, and sometimes signified a collation, which was given at a late hour, after the regular supper had made its appearance.

Ivanhoe 2004

We shall have Paulett in anon to convey my rere-supper. "

Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The supper took place at an early hour, six or seven o’clock at latest — the rere-supper was a postliminary banquet, a hors d’oeuvre, which made its appearance at ten or eleven, and served as an apology for prolonging the entertainment till midnight.] and of drinking deep after them.”

Woodstock 1855

"It is indeed full time," said the noble Athelstane; "for, if we ride not the faster, the worthy Abbot Waltheoff's preparations for a rere-supper A rere-supper was a night-meal, and sometimes signified a collation, which was given at a late hour, after the regular supper had made its appearance.

Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

The supper took place at an early hour, six or seven o'clock at latest -- the rere-supper was a postliminary banquet, a _hors d'oeuvre_, which made its appearance at ten or eleven, and served as an apology for prolonging the entertainment till midnight.] and of drinking deep after them. "

Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801

Heptarchy, but as those of the Druids, and to have furnished the chorus to the hymns of those venerable persons when they went to the wood to gather mistletoe.] [Footnote 25: A rere-supper was a night-meal, and sometimes signified a collation, which was given at a late hour, after the regular supper had made its appearance.

Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801

The supper took place at an early hour, six or seven o'clock at lates - the rere-supper was a postliminary banquet, a horse d'oeuvre, which made its appearance at ten or eleven, and served as an apology for prolonging the entertainment till midnight. "

The Old Foodie 2008