Afterdeal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Disadvantage. no-plural

    "And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long."

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disadvantagedisadvantage

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"And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long."

Etymology

From Middle English afterdele. Equivalent to after- + deal.

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