underplot

English

Etymology

under- +‎ plot

Noun

underplot (plural underplots)

  1. A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
    • 1882-89, A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV‎:
      I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives.
    • 1906, Walter W. Greg, Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama‎:
      Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve as an underplot, utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.'
  2. A secret scheme or trick.

Translations
subplot — see subplot
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