[AFTER- 6.]
† 1. A later course at dinner; a dessert. Obs.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Desserte de table, the banquet or after course.
2. Subsequent course. (Properly two words.)
1859. Miss Henderson, Life of Dr. Henderson, 42. In this brief record we have a fore-shadowing of their after-course.